A restless motel clerk embarks on a journey to Mexico that takes him to Piedras Blancas, a remote village turned into an island by relentless rains. As the land disappears, its people adapt: they build floating homes from rubble, factory workers begin peeling mangoes to survive, and church bells fall silent. Reality here blurs like a mirage over mango fields.
Mangos is a fever dream of heartbreak, a questionable vision of tropical paradise, and a furious meditation on the subtle weight of confinement.
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
BEN GUEZ
Ben Guez was born in Leningrad in 1983 and, at age nine, moved with his family to Chicago. He graduated with a degree in History from the University of Arizona and spent the following years living in South America. After directing a pair of documentary shorts and collaborating for four years with Pedro González Rubio on his film Antigone, Ben’s first feature-length documentary, Quicksilver Chronicles (co-directed with Sasha Kulak), premiered at Visions du Réel in 2019. Since then, it has screened at numerous international festivals, won awards, and been broadcast on television.
In 2020, he moved to Barcelona to pursue a Master’s in Creative Documentary at Pompeu Fabra University, where he still resides. In addition to working as a documentary cinematographer and colorist, he is currently restoring a small farmhouse in southern Catalonia and taking bicycle mechanics courses.
CRÍTICAS DE PRENSA
“De vez en cuando te encuentras con una obra de arte que cumple todos los requisitos. Light Falls Vertical es uno de esos raros ejemplos, que ofrece una visión profunda de las almas tanto de un agresor como de una víctima de violencia doméstica”.
Business Doc Europe
“Un documental ensayístico sobre la violencia doméstica profundamente personal y a la vez universal.”
International Cinephile Society
“Un relato íntimo de una mente atormentada, sin que nunca sea intrusivo”
Business Doc Europe
Title: Mangos
International Title: Mangos
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 85 min
Recording Format: Mixed, 16 mm, UHD, HVS
Production: Gris Medio
Co-production: Tranvía (Mexico)
Country of Production: Spain, Mexico
Original Language: English
