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Los que desean

Aqueles que desejam · Those Who Desire

Elena López Riera

2018, CH, ES, 24', M12


Tour d'Europe

26 Nov 2024 · Batalha Centro de Cinema - Sala 2 · 16H30


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Those Who Desire chronicles the pigeon racing culture of Valencia, an exclusively male subculture devoted to raising and training homing pigeons for competition. The film depicts a pigeon race in the artist’s hometown, for which the trainers brightly paint and decorate their birds. The winner is not the fastest bird, but the male pigeon who is able to chase and “conquer” a single female bird. The artist’s film is a portrait not just of the animal world, but also of the men who train these birds, exploring the cultural codes of masculinity that structure the pigeon racing and also the community at large.