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Asadirectorwithahighlyacclaimedfilmography(Hastaelsoltienemanchas,FID2012,CómprameunRevólver,Directors’Fortnight2018),JulioHernándezCordónhaslostnothingofhissubversiveandexperimentalspirit.Makingamoviethat’sanintenselypowerfulmomentofjoyandplayfulness,andusingthisjoyfulgametoexploreaplaceandtravelthroughtimeisSeEscuchanAullidos’sjubilantmanifesto.TheplayingfieldisTexcoco,theMexicancitywherethedirectorgrewup.TimeiswhatbothseparatesandbringstogetherhischildhoodandthatofhisdaughterFabiana.AndtherulesofthegamearetoinviteFabitoroamtheyoungJulio’splayingfield,andtofollowtheteenagegirl’swanderingstodayliketheoutlineofadoubleportrait–hersandthatofherfatherasachild.Maskedlikeathieforasuperhero,Julioslipsintotheframetowhisperintohisdaughter’sear,tellingherstoriesfromhischildhoodaboutdiggingatunneltoescapefromschool,climbingbarbed-wirefences,swimmingintheneighbourhood’swaterreservoir…Fabirepeatsthemoutloud,amusedtolearnsuchfunnythingsaboutherrascallyfather.“MyDadwantedtobeathieforaspy.Idon’tknow…Ijustwanttobemyself”shesays.Andsheis,ateverymoment,playingatreplayingandrecitingherfather’schildhood.Beingoneselfwhilstplaying(with)others,describingoneselfbydescribingsomeoneelse:wecanhearhowling,andit’stheviewerswehear,howlingwithpleasure.It’sadoubleportraitandadoublepactforchildhooddisobedienceandartisticnonchalance.ThecinemathatHernándezCordónpatchestogetherwithhisdaughterandafewfriendsisthefreestandwildestthatwecouldpossiblehopefor.Andit’salsothemostpreciseandrigorous,witheachshotchannellingandintensifyingtheenergyofimprovisationwiththeinstinctivegeniusoftheframe,thecompositionbetweenfiguresandbackgrounds,bodiesandplaces.Herewehaveacinemaprodigywho,whileusingimagestodiganundergroundpassagebetweentwochildhoods,usesthisdoublechildhoodtore-enchanttheareaheexplores,savingit,whilethefilmlasts,fromecologicaldisasterandanurbanisationthat,withoutmemory,islikeadesert.
