Federico Peralta

A story about persons with different disabilities in present-day Mexico City. In urban scenery, these persons interact with each other, forming four groups according to their specific condition. Each of these groups becomes then a living organism, a blend through which individuals are supplemented through the capacities of others, developing thus, as a multiplicity, new strengths and possibilities.

Inspired by a book of Italo Calvino, Elba & Federico tells the story of a couple in their day-to-day life. The man works at night, the woman during the day. The moments they meet in their tiny, sleazy apartment are of unexpected tenderness, but more often, of out of hand futilities and pent-up frustrations. This short film was originally part of the performance Her Body Doesn’t Fit Her Soul (1993).