The Afterlife of Cinema

A rainy bus ride becomes a poetic reflection on memory, love, and the small details of urban life. Through imagined cinema, conversations, and drifting memories, two voices travel across a city suspended in nostalgia and time.

Inspired by the infamous “Rojo Case,” the film portrays the fragile dynamics and emotional fractures preceding a shocking family crime.

Kevin (14) is a teenager who escaped from a juvenile detention home (SENAME) in Valparaíso. Now, he wanders the streets of Santiago, trying to forget a crime he was accidentally involved in years ago. After learning about the death of a girl from the same institution, Kevin decides to return to Valparaíso to visit her grave. However, when he reunites with Jeremy (16), his former partner in crime, he is forced to confront his past and question whether a future is still possible for them.

An audiovisual letter that connects an imagined Kyrgyzstan with the filmmaker’s inner world, blending personal illness, memory, and political echoes into a poetic reflection on distance and belonging.

An observational journey through downtown Santiago during the post-lockdown period, where thousands of workers flood the city each day, exposing the fragile line between survival, exhaustion, and collective abandonment in the midst of the pandemic.