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201039 minPGdocumentary

1.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Tornado

201039 minPGdocumentary

1.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

A decade is spent in the highlands south of Mexico City, where artist Francis Alÿs pursues tornadoes that form at the end of the dry season.

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A decade is spent in the highlands south of Mexico City, where artist Francis Alÿs pursues tornadoes that form at the end of the dry season.

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Artist Francis Alÿs spends ten years in the highlands south of Mexico City, pursuing tornadoes that emerge at the end of the dry season. The film unfolds in three movements: waiting for storms, chasing them, and the tension of capturing or missing them. Alÿs reflects on the chaotic state of contemporary Mexico while using tornadoes as a metaphor for the quest for order amid unpredictability. The work illustrates the human spirit's response to nature's capriciousness.

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