Riding High (Alucinados)
Screening
Alucinados (Riding High)
New York Premiere
Dir. Roberto Santucci. 2009, 90 mins.
Brazil. Digital projection. Two youngsters from the slums of Rio de Janeiro kidnap a housewife from her armored car. What at first seems a story about a clash between rich and poor turns into a complex plot linking the past and present of the characters.
Preceded by:
Hombre Atado a una Silla (A Man Tied to a Chair)
Dir. Enrique Perez. 2008. 10 mins. Panama. Digital projection. A man wakes up in the middle of a road and realizes that he is tied to a chair. Nobody seems willing to help him.
Free with Museum admission.
