Casa Roshell

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2017 / 71min.

Rating4.5

Available in

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DocAlliance Films

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Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

You’d never know this is your home away from home. The surveillance camera outside shows a drab reception area and an unremarkable street in Mexico City; inside, the lights flash, but the tables are empty. Yet preparations are soon underway and fixed categories cease to apply: stubble is removed, make-up applied and strands of hair are teased into place; the camera is trained not on the men themselves, but what they see in the mirror.

Directors

Actors

Diego Alberico

Roshell Terranova

Liliana Alba

Lia Garcia

Cristián Aravena

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