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20168 minPG-13doc-short

Explosion Ma Baby

20168 minPG-13doc-short

Thousands of men offer naked baby boys to the icon of San Sebastian during an annual festival filled with screams, colors, and chants.

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Pauline Curnier-Jardin

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Thousands of men offer naked baby boys to the icon of San Sebastian during an annual festival filled with screams, colors, and chants.

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Pauline Curnier-Jardindirector

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August brings intense heat to a vibrant festival in honor of San Sebastian. Thousands of men participate, offering the naked bodies of baby boys to the saint. Amidst the chaos of screams, colors, and chants, a lone filmmaker captures the scene. He feels a deep longing to belong to this world, yet recognizes his distance from it. Each year, he returns to document the event, driven by a desire to tell the story of a man yearning to replace San Sebastian.

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