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Cecilia Barriga

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DownstreamDownstream · 2008
Downstream
1.02008
Movie
For decades, two 70-year-old Swiss ladies have been walking and talking with each other. In summertime, their daily ritual is to swim down the river that flows through their home town. As the current carries them down the river, they meditate on friendship, love, and becoming older. What will it be like to have to live without one's partner after three decades together? They ponder the unthinkable: what will either of them do if the other passes away? Their lives are so interwoven after decades together that it's hard to imagine. We see them both literally and figuratively floating down the river of life together in this moving short documentary.
The Sax CountryThe Sax Country · 2007
The Sax Country
2007
MovieDocumentaryMusic
A documentary about the love for music and fascination for the sax in the central mountain range of Perú. It was filmed in the Mantaro Valley and in New York City. With an instrument mainly associated to blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll, Peruvians express their deepest feelings from their native mountains throughout the instrument.
The Meeting of Two QueensThe Meeting of Two Queens · 1991
The Meeting of Two Queens
1991
MovieFantasyRomance
Cecilia Barriga’s culty video montage tells the story of two queens who fall in love, unwittingly played by Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo. Clipped from their most iconic works, the Chilean born video artist manipulates scenes from the legendary actresses to turn two of the most well known Hollywood starlets in film history into a silent-film style lesbian fantasy. Barriga drives the narrative using common motifs such as the cigarette and the one-eyed glance from beneath a wide brimmed hat, motifs which are familiar to us, but recontextualized within a queer narrative. Major points for including a rainmaker in the soundtrack.
Time's Up!Time's Up! · 2001
Time's Up!
2001
Movie
An Argentinian psychiatrist, who fled her country under the most dire circumstances to assume a new life in New York City, struggles in a search for her identity while carrying the burden of her past and that of her strong dedication to her new patients.
El camino de MoisésEl camino de Moisés · 2005
El camino de Moisés
1.02005
Movie
At 21, his name was Moises, at 28 he changed his ID but on his social security file his name is still Ana. Life reminds him that he is a trans man before. Despite that his road has led him to reconciliation with his past and specifically with his "feminine part".
Tres instantes, un gritoTres instantes, un grito · 2013
Tres instantes, un grito
2013
MovieDocumentary

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