Memory of a Displaced Body

Memory of a Displaced Body

0.0IMDb Score
Released:2024-06-17
Genre:Animation
Duration:9 min
Country:Mexico
Director:Mariana Mendivil
Actors:
Production:UNAM, Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas (ENAC)

Overview:

A ritual in the form of a film essay that explores, through collage, the sense of exile experienced during early childhood migration. It examines the primal configuration of detachment from one’s homeland, family environment, and body, and the reclamation of origins as a symbolic center.

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