Octopus' Factory

Alejandra, a young middle class woman from Bogotá, in her daily routines, capturing both her moments alone and her interactions with the world. A subtle, contemplative and deeply intimate examination of the way one young woman navigates the daunting terrain of sex, desire and identity.

Darío (54) has been working for 30 years as a taxi driver in Bogotá. Day by day, he faces the dangers in the streets amidst funny stories he tells his passengers. The journey he most remembers happened on a cold morning in 1999 when a mysterious doctor asked him to take her to the San José hospital.

On a lonely alley Simon, an office worker, finds Miguel a bald man who is standing with his eyes closed and in a catatonic state. This bald man has a small hole in the middle of his head through which Simon can see his own past and also his future. Simon keeps peeking and Miguel his host, gets younger and younger until he disappears, then the peephole is transferred from Miguel’s to Simon’s head. Twenty years have passed and Simon has managed to hide his peephole from everyone, but one day his wife Carla discovers his secret and asks him to let her peek once through the peephole.

An intimate documentary that reveals the daily life, life and love of Colombian women. Without men around, this film tells the life stories of four sisters during their vacations on a family farm. A feminist film full of humor where the mother and aunts are the central axis of the work. A work that reveals independent and modern women, women of dignity, integrity and true to themselves.