The Vampires of Poverty
Watch the misfortune of the miserable... uncensored
1978 · 29m · Not Rated
Comedy
Directed by
Luis Ospina
,
Carlos Mayolo
Overview
Two filmmakers travel around impoverished sectors of the cities of Bogotá and Cali in search of the images of abjection needed to complete a documentary commissioned by German TV. Meanwhile, another camera captures these “vampire” filmmakers feeding off the misery of their marginal subjects.
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