El Palacio + Minotauro

11 November, 2016 - 19:00
CINEMATEK, Brussels
screening

A collaboration by Cinematek, Courtisane, Embassy of Mexico in Belgium, VDFC, Universiteit Antwerpen and Nederlandse Filmacademie Amsterdam School of the arts supported by Instituto Cervantes Brussels.

El Palacio (The palace)

Nicolás Pereda
,
CA, MX
,
2013
,
HD
,
colour
,
36'

The Palace is a documentary that follows the everyday life of seventeen women who live together, sharing a large house for emotional and financial reasons. They help each other to train for various jobs. Most become nannies, domestic workers and private nurses for elderly patients.

"I wanted to see how these women managed to live together under such difficult circumstances. I found a house that was much more peaceful than I had envisioned. Throughout the filming process we were careful to shoot the everyday life and training that gran many of the women went through to find a job. As we tried to capture the essence of the place, our presence altered the way it functioned to a degree that was impossible to assess." N.P.

Minotauro

Nicolás Pereda
,
CA, MX
,
2015
,
HD
,
colour
,
53'

"Minotaur takes place in a home of books, of readers, of artists. It’s also a home of soft light, of eternal afternoons, of sleepiness, of dreams. The home is impermeable to the world. Mexico is on fire, but the characters of Minotaur sleep soundly.” N.P.