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¡Que vivan los crotos! (1995)

Documentary1h 15m

60% User score

Overview

One day in 1930, José Américo Ghezzi ("Bepo")⁠—⁠an unemployed anarchist stonemason⁠—⁠leaves his hometown, not to return until 1955. For twenty-five years, he wanders with no direction other than the path of the railway tracks, joining the silent world of the *crotos*⁠—⁠itinerant laborers⁠—⁠where he meets "the Frenchman," a mentor who leaves an indelible mark on his life. Back home, his friends and a woman await him, weaving the fabric of their own lives. Sixty years later, facing the camera, he relives his romances and his worldview in a kind of collage of perspectives and dreams, centered on the fundamental question: "Is freedom possible?"

Ana PoliakDirector

¡Que vivan los crotos! (1995)