HOPE…
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Progetto di formazione audiovisiva, Messico
Director
Bernardino López
Photography
Amelia Hernandez, Ambrociana Pablo
Editing
Bernardino López, Madely Trujillo
Production
Cristina Vazquez
With the support of
AMBULANTE MÁS ALLÁ
Mexico 2014, 20′ Tsotsil and Spanish with Italian subtitles
Víctor, a 12 years old child, works through his own choice as a shoeshine boy in the central square of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, to pay for his education and support his family; he also helps by working in the field. Whilst child labor is approved of and even celebrated in rural zones – children are taught to work from a young age in the city – it is not acceptable and is disapproved of by some sectors. Víctor is in the middle of this cultural conflict: his mother, a young indigenous woman, has taught her children to become igualitarian, independent and responsible individuals.