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Villa Olímpica

2022 · 71 min

A quiet, reflective documentary that lingers on memory and belonging, letting personal recollections of displacement slowly accumulate into something quietly moving.

Directed by
Sebastián Kohan Esquenazi
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Mexico DF.; 70's. 30 buildings. 904 apartments. 5000 people. 3,000 exiles. Alejandra, 3 years old, Chilean. Pablo, 2 years old, Argentine. Villa Olímpica, your place in the world. Years later, end of the dictatorships in the south. The return of the parents is the exile of the children. The largest exile community in the world becomes a diaspora. Leave everything behind and start over.

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Directed by
Sebastián Kohan Esquenazi
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • immigration
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Sebastián Kohan Esquenazi
Written by
Sebastián Kohan Esquenazi
Runtime
71 min
Country
Argentina, Chile, Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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