SYNOPSIS
Is it possible to retain them of an intact way? Octavio comes back home after a long time with his new video camera, his idea is to shoot images that they transport him to his childhood. Again and again he fails in his search. Nevertheless he ends up by opening the memory of his father by projecting his old super-8 movies.
Title: The Russians Machine
Format: 16:9
Running time: 10 MIN.
Genre: Documentary
Film Company: Calibrando Producciones
Director: Octavio Guerra
Production: Elisa Torres
Editing: Octavio Guerra
Cinematography: Octavio Guerra
Sound: José Sepulveda
Screenwriter: Octavio Guerra
Color correction: Beatriz Borraz, Mario Ortiz
Production year: 2014
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-NOMINATED. BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORTFILM. GOYA AWARDS (Spain)
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