When I Shut My Eyes

When I Shut My Eyes

63 mins | Documentary | March 27, 2019

The isolation of Adela and Marcelino is common among many inmates processed without an interpreter in their native language before the Mexican justice system. Through their subjective experience, the dreams and memories they preserve of their lands in prison, they express in two voices the disorientation and the need to resist against exclusion by telling their story.

When I Shut My Eyes

63 mins | Documentary | March 27, 2019

When I Shut My Eyes
The isolation of Adela and Marcelino is common among many inmates processed without an interpreter in their native language before the Mexican justice system. Through their subjective experience, the dreams and memories they preserve of their lands in prison, they express in two voices the disorientation and the need to resist against exclusion by telling their story.
Producers Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad, bambú|audiovisual, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Cine Colmena
Original title Cuando cierro los ojos
Directors Sergio Blanco Martín, Michelle Ibaven
Writers Sergio Blanco Martín, Michelle Ibaven