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Back of the World (La Espalda del Mundo)

Javier Corcuera
Spain / 2000 / 89 min / Spanish with English subtitles

Based on a script that Javier Corcuera signs together with Fernando León de Aranoa and the producer Elías Querejeta, these disturbing stories follow one another relentlessly on this mirror of trodden human dignity, non-existent human rights and almost lifeless existence. The protagonists speak for themselves: a stone chipping boy on the outskirts of Lima, a Kurdish refugee in Stockolm and a convict on death row in the American State of Texas.