IDFA 2017
Juan Perros
Rodrigo Imaz
Mexico
2016
34 min
Dutch Premiere
Juan Perros lives with his pigs, his donkey Pinto and a pack of dogs next to a garbage dump in the desert of Coahuila in Mexico. It seems like a barren and hostile environment, but in the midst of the stinking trash, Juan still finds beauty, particularly in the flora and fauna around him. He refuses to believe in his own mortality: "I believe there are people who die, and other people who can't die. Because of their way of being they approach eternity," he says. In this debut by director Rodrigo Imaz, Juan is portrayed as a philosophical eccentric living outside our age and society. His humble, solitary existence is the result of a horrific near-death experience that entirely transformed his view of life. Not that Juan lives entirely in isolation: every so often, he makes the trip with his donkey to a nearby village to sell the scrap metal he collects, and to pick up meat scraps to feed his dogs.
Credits
Director
Production
Executive producer
Rodrigo García
Rodrigo García
Cinematography
Emiliano Fernández Hurtado
Emiliano Fernández Hurtado
Editing
Juan Pablo San Esteban
Juan Pablo San Esteban
Sound
Pablo Cervera
Pablo Cervera
Sound Design
José Miguel Enríquez,
José Miguel Enríquez
José Miguel Enríquez,
José Miguel Enríquez
Screenplay
Juan Pablo San Esteban,
Rodrigo Imaz
Juan Pablo San Esteban,
Rodrigo Imaz
Screening copy
212Berlin S.A. de C.V.
212Berlin S.A. de C.V.