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Directed by Juan Pablo González

The Solitude of Memory

19m

Directed by Juan Pablo González • Mexico • 2014

Through a dialogue between its formal elements and its characters, THE SOLITUDE OF MEMORY unfolds as a profound meditation on memory and grief as a father repeatedly recalls the last words that he spoke to his son before the young man took his own life.

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