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The Gaze Back

The Gaze Back

"You take things around you for granted. So you don't want what's right next to you, but what's far away."

Moves the viewer into the perspective of a foreigner. Mexicans who live in Austria and Austrians who spend their lives in Mexico: through clichés and yearnings - these emigrants create a picture of their countries, and through determining their location, attempt to their identity. They are accompanied by two cinematographers, who also go to a "foreign" place. Their views go along with the narrators and narratives into the respective, other country.

Release Date

March 18, 2005

Status

Released

Original Title

Volver La Vista - Der Umgekeherte Blick

Runtime

1h 30min

Budget

Revenue

Language

German, Spanish