Alas/Tierra
Synopsis
Pictures of a passing sunset. A book about frogs in one's hands. The face of a woman, reading. From the poem «Esta es la mano que cuida» («This is the hand that nurses») by veterinarian and writer MarĂa Sánchez, this film is built as a dyptich on the learning processes of our relationship with other species.
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