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Mercano el Marciano

Juan Antín

Argentina2002 69min 35mm Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

The film is about a marginal being, a Martian who lives in Buenos Aires. It pictures the crisis that actually undergoes Argentina and other impoverished countries, regarding the unequal distribution of money and the constant growth of poverty, violence and insecurity. Mercano is a comedy above all, as all this situation seen by the eyes of a stranger seem so funny, based on the humour in the irony.

Diretor

Juan Antín

Born in Buenos Aires in 1969, Juan Antn studied animation in the Institute de Artes Cinematograficas de Avellaneda in Argentina and 3D animation in the Centro de Altos Estudios en Tecnologia and the NAD Center in Montreal. He currently runs the Digital Animation Department in the Universidad del Cine. is his first feature-length animated film.