Simón (2018)

Directed by

Diego Vicentini

Genre

short film, drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

36 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Venezuelan man applies for asylum in the United States while he is still deeply connected to the protests happening in his home country. The film follows his emotional struggle between building a new life and feeling pulled back to the crisis he left behind.

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What happens

Simón is a 2018 short drama film directed by Venezuelan filmmaker Diego Vicentini. The film is about a young Venezuelan who is seeking asylum in the United States, though his heart remains in the protests back home. It was created following the 2017 student protests, hoping to raise awareness of the crisis in Venezuela around the world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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