Tokío

Joel Pérez-Irizarry

Puerto Rico / 2013 / Fiction / 12’54”I1406263

Tokío
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SYNOPSIS

Emiliano and Aurelia, two children who live in Tokío - a poverty stricken community in San Juan, Puerto Rico - are evicted with their families from their homes. They devise a plan to rescue a cat, which essentially represents and reveals the wounds inflicted by the discourse of "progress".

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