A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 14, 2012
Original Title:
El estado de las cosas
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Antes Muerto Cine
Fondo Nacional de las Artes
Production Countries:
Argentina
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 71
There is a house being emptied. There is an auction in the neighborhood of Flores. Clients fill the place, eager to buy all kinds of objects. There is almost no filter when fighting to get the best price that belongs to the dead, the exiles, the fugitives and the soulless. A reseller who is too preoccupied with the staging, a collector with a past as a fishing worker, and the owner of an antique shop that admits to selling the affections of people, hints at the state of things.
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