Film Presentation by Austrian Filmmaker Fridolin Schonwiese: “Volver la vista” November 18, 2008

Film Presentation by Austrian Filmmaker Fridolin Schonwiese: “Volver la vista”
Presentación de la película del director austriaco Fridolin Schonwiese: “Volver la vista”
Tuesday, November 18, at 6pm
Instituto Cervantes Auditorium
Suggested General Admission: $5
The film will be in Austrian and Spanish with English subtitles
Organized by the Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with the Consulate G. of Austria in Chicago
Organizado por el Instituto Cervantes en colaboración con el Consulado G. de Austria en Chicago

This event is part of our Fall 2008 series centering on Mexican culture
Organized by the Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with the Consulate General of México and the UNAM
Esta actividad forma parte de nuestra programación de otoño 2008 dedicada a la cultura de México
Organizado por el Instituto Cervantes en colaboración con el Consulado General de México y la UNAM

VOLVER LA VISTA moves the viewer into the perspective of a foreigner. Mexicans who live in Austria and Austrians who spend their lives in Mexico: through clichés and yearnings, these emigrants create a picture of their countries and, by determining their location, attempt to find their identity. They touch the deepest wounds of their countries such as the remaining legacies of the Mexican conquest or the Austrian relationship with its Nazi past. They are accompanied by two cinematographers, who also go to a “foreign” place. Their views go along with the respective narrators and narratives into the other country.

La película VOLVER LA VISTA traslada al espectador a la posición de extranjero. Varios personajes -mexicanos viviendo en Austria y austriacos viviendo en México- construyen sus conceptos de patria y buscan hacer específica su identidad a través de nostalgias, experiencias personales y clichés. Dos fotógrafos que a su vez se embarcan en los territorios extranjeros, acompañan las narraciones: La mirada ajena visualiza las narraciones que vuelven desde la lejanía.

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