La Vida es un Tango
(Life is a Tango)

By Catalina Florez / 60 min / Documentary / Germany / 2008

Article 13: All people are free and equal in law...“We work, but for them we are beggars anyway” (José, 44)“I worked since I was twelve” (Ernesto, 16)“We Columbians have to learn to seize our opportunities” (Lisideth, 18)“They wanted to kill me. I had to flee to Cartagena” (Arnulfo, 45)“What I would change in my life? Everything.” (Lucía, 37)“I survive...and have no fear of nothing and nobody”(Eddy, 50)...and the government provides for abidance by these laws.A film about the daily struggle at Plaza Santo Domingo. About the lost faith in Colombia.And about the strength to preserve the lust for life.

Credits

Written & directed by Catalina Flórez Ibarra / Director of Photography:Tanja Haering /  Editors: Wiebke Hofmann & Saskia Metten / Music: Tom Harris / Producers: Julia Maier & Sebastian Sawetzki / Production: Filmakademie Bade-Württemberg