Barcelona (Catalonia)

Duque, Andrés. (Dir.), Mecca, M. (Ex. Prod.), Ballesté, E. (Coord.), & Feixa, C. (PI). (2022).
Monte Tropic. Una historia del confinamiento [Mount Tropic: A story of lockdown].
Barcelona: UPF - European Research Council

Synopsis: Agadiri and Oussama, two Moroccan friends, laze around and survive while the
camera scans their bodies and faces. Both have been in Spain for a short time and face a supposedly temporary situation, which must culminate in the definition of their future in the midst of the pandemic. But things are not that simple at all. Filmed indoors, Monte Tropic travels little by little towards a more undefined and dreamlike space to question the memories and desires of these young people, whose inactivity claims the right to be above the nefarious political use of their situation.

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Distribution

• Documenta Madrid. Sección Oficial (España, 2022).
• EDOC, Encuentros del otro cine. Sección Oficial (Ecuador, 2017).
• Antofacine, Festival internacional de cine, Sección Nuevos lenguajes (Chile, 2022).
• Visiones Contemporáneas, DA2 Salamanca (España, 2022).
• Porto/Post/Doc Film & Media Festival. Sección Cine Fiesta (Portugal, 2022).
• L'Alternativa Festival de cinema independent de Barcelona, Secció Satèl·lits (España, 2022).
• MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Programa Mayo (España, 2022).
• Filmoteca de Catalunya, Programa Mayo (España, 2022).