Se le movió el piso: A portrait of Managua
- Directed by
- Anne Aghion
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- France
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary focuses on the people of Managua, Nicaragua and the repeated disasters they faced: a catastrophic earthquake, decades of dictatorship, and years of war. Much of the film centers on the Salazar theater where many families took shelter, and includes an interview with journalist Sofía Montenegro, a former Sandinista who lived through those hardships.
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What happens
Se le movió el piso: A portrait of Managua is a documentary film by Anne Aghion about the many layers of destruction that the people in Managua, Nicaragua endured: the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake, four decades of dictatorship and many years of war. Most of the film was centered on the Salazar theater and the many families that lived there. Sofía Montenegro, a journalist and a former Sandinista, was also interviewed as a person who lived and experienced the challenges of the Managuans. Directed by Anne Aghion and produced by Chaz Productions, this 1996 film won the Coral Award for "Best Non-Latin American Documentary on Latin America" at the Havana Film Festival in Havana, Cuba. Filmed in Managua, the language of Se le movió el piso: A portrait of Managua is Spanish and English with English subtitles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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