Film

Malintzin 17

2022 · 1h 3m · Documentary

The pigeon is probably fake, says the five-year-old daughter of Mexican filmmaker Eugenio Polgovsky. Perhaps it’s a robot. Why else would a pigeon sit so still on that nest she built atop the power lines, diagonally under their window? For seven days and nights, Polgovsky filmed the bird from his second floor apartment. Together with daughter Mile, he watches life go by: the bin men, the neighbours and their dogs, the gas delivery man, the squirrels dashing through the treetops in search of food. All from the same perspective – basically identical to that of the brooding pigeon, who gets most attention. "Papa, why are you filming her, really?"

• Mara PolgovskyDirector · Producer · Screenplay · Editor
• Eugenio PolgovskyDirector · Director of Photography
• Julio ChavezmontesProducer
• Pedro González-RubioEditor

Release date

January 26, 2022

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

1h 3m

Genres

Documentary