The inhabitants of a tourist area nestled in Chilean Patagonia are the faces of contradiction. Tourism flourishes while social misery is hidden.
AWARDS: Mention spéciale du grand prix. Traces de Vie/ Grand Prix. Pelicam Film Festival/ Silver Nanook Award for the Best Artistic Solution. Flahertiana film festival/ Prix La Croix du documentaire
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Zona Franca. Tourism, wealth and misery
Zona Franca is an outdated shopping district at the heart of Chile.
Modern antiheroes bearing the burden of broken dreams, they demonstrate what can’t be found in the tour brochures: a violence deeply rooted in this place which only comes to light when a strike paralyses the region.