Upside Down Home

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Upside Down Home (2014)

Directed by Itzel Martínez

Documentary · 1h 20m

In an unfair country women work day and night far from home while their children learn to survive between loneliness and emptiness. They grow to become teenagers, locked down in one of many low income neighborhoods made up of identical small houses, outlined by overcrowding and scarcity. Their mothers, mostly workers in transnational factories, go in and out in buses that take them to a work place where they carry out twelve hour shifts two hours away from home, while their children muddle through their upbringing in tiny houses of 40 square meters. In spite of everything, they look for a way to move ahead and chase their illusions. This is a story full of youthful aspirations set in a context of difficulties and shortages.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Itzel Martínez
Screenplay
Itzel Martínez

Details

Original title
El hogar al revés
Release date
2014-10-18
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Countries
Mexico
Production
Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad, FONCA, POLEN, CUARTO PROPIO, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía