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SON OF MONARCHS

HIJO DE MONARCAS

By Alexis GAMBIS

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Social issues - Completed 2020

A Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown, nestled in the majestic butterfly forests of Michoacán. The journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect on his hybrid identity, sparking a personal metamorphosis.

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San Sebastian FF 2021
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    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Social issues, Drama
    • Countries
    • MEXICO, USA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH, ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alexis GAMBIS
    • Synopsis
    • After the death of his grandmother, a Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown nestled in the majestic monarch butterfly forests of Michoacán after many years. The journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect on his new hybrid identity, launching him on a personal and spiritual metamorphosis. Son of Monarchs revisits the notion of territories at various scales, from the vein of a butterfly wing to the border between countries. The monarch butterfly shakes up our very own sense of national identity as its migration, from the northeastern United States and Canada to their ancestral wintering grounds in Mexico, makes it essentially tri-national. Merging themes of migration and immigration, the film questions the nature of movement in human and animal populations across the globe, and how one freely moves across borders to find new opportunities.
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