Florian Baron

Mexico City celebrates 200 years of independence and 100 years of revolution. Two German film students try to portray the traces that Mexico’s turbulent history has left on the people. Where to begin? They get into a taxi and start filming.

"The trauma of 9/11, the ideology of violent retribution, military service as a patriotic family tradition, the “unfairness” of today’s warfare – in their voice-overs, five young Afghanistan war veterans first establish familiar foundations. Joe, Torrie, Mike, James and Justin from Pittsburgh are slow to show us their faces. Physically unharmed but full of inner pain they have become the misunderstood upon their return. Their violent experiences speak a language that the people at home don’t understand.