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A minor source of trouble is a big headache for this Norwegian couple.
60-words-on-60-seconds film review
A moving short about the white, but not so little, lies a Mexican father tells his son as he makes the arduous journey back to his son in the U.S. In truth, the father’s “vacation” in Mexico was a deportation, and the mountains, rivers, and desert he describes are all obstacles he overcomes to reach the final, actual, looming wall.
Sondre H. Johansen
Norway
DIRECTOR: Sondre H. Johansen. PRODUCER: Skeptisk Film. CAST: Marie Holmboe, Nicolai Lund. DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Audun S. Sylte. CAMERA ASSISTANT: Mathias Kartveit Mikalsen.
2024 SHORTLIST
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