Synopsis
Luis, El Torito, Jair, Maria Eugenia, David, Julio, and Armando work for La Nota Roja, a newspaper service combining all of Mexico's most bloodthirsty tabloids. Every day, they go to crime scenes to take photos of the dead. These journalists spread the reality about the city of Mexico and its territory. They guide us as they work, accounting for the dead in an urban landscape constantly being reborn.
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- Executive Producer : Balade Sauvage Productions
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producer : Charlotte Vande Vyvre
- Screenwriter : Alice Colomer-Kang
- Director of photography : Alice Colomer-Kang
- Editor : Alice Colomer-Kang
- Producer : Alice Colomer-Kang
- Executive Producer : Francesca Betteni-Barnes
- Voice-overs : Luis Barrera, Julio Vargas Reyes, María Eugenia Martínez Ramíez, David Fuentes
- Camera operator : Alice Colomer-Kang
- Production manager : Charlotte Vande Vyvre
- Sound editor : Charlotte Butrak
- Special Effects : Benjamin Laborde
- Visual effects : Benjamin Laborde
- Sound Mixer : Samuel Aïchoun
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Portrait, Video art
- Themes : News story, Violence, Media, City/urban themes
- Production language : Spanish
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 24 min 32 seconds
- Visa number : 147.631
- Visa issue date : 31/10/2017
- Production formats : Photographic camera
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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