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I HAD A LIFE

YO TENÍA UNA VIDA

By Octavio GUERRA

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Biography - Completed 2023

A homeless man’s struggle to return to society. Without a job and a home, the threat of going back to living in the street feels very real.

Visions du Réel 2023

WORLD PREMIERE MALAGA FILM FESTIVAL 2023

Docs Valencia 2023

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Festival de cine de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2023

special mention

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Biography
- Countries
- SPAIN
- Languages
- SPANISH, CATALAN
- Duration
- 71 mn
- Director(s)
- Octavio GUERRA
- Producer(s)
- Elisa TORRES (CALIBRANDO PRODUCCIONES)
- Synopsis
- Jesús arrives at a housing and employment reincorporation centre, after living on the streets for a decade. Now Jesús’ life is full of rules. His struggle doesn’t make sense if he is not free to make his own decisions. After years depending on social services he leaves the programme with all of the risks this decision entails. Elena, coordinator of the supervised accommodation, is writing her thesis on the reincorporation of homeless people. When Jesús leaves, her research takes a turn and she focuses her thesis on Jesús’ life story. Elena becomes his only emotional support.