The Year of the Radio

(El año del radio)
Samuel Kishi Leopo | Animation, Fiction, Drama

2022 | 8 minutes | Mexico

Mexico in the '90s. Seven-year-old Alex and his little siblings are left in the care of their senile Aunt Lola, while their mother works as a host on a radio station.

Synopsis

Mexico in the '90s. Seven-year-old Alex and his little siblings are left in the care of their senile Aunt Lola while their mother works as a host on a radio station.

Alex misses his mother and, with his siblings, listens to his mother’s show every night, building strange imaginary worlds through the stories they hear, the news, the radio soap operas, and the religious influence of his great-aunt.

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Main credits

Kishi Leopo, Samuel (film director)
Kishi Leopo, Samuel (actor)

Other credits

Animation and editing, Edgar Amor Ramírez; music, Kenji Kishi Leopo.


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Festivals

Miami International Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Samuel Kishi Leopo

NATIONALITY: Mexico

YEAR: 2022

GENRE: Animation, Fiction, Drama

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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