''Death in Arizona'' is a 2014

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by Tin Dirdamal about his return to the empty home of a former lover.

Synopsis

Tin Dirdamal returns for answers to an old apartment in Bolivia where he used to live with his lost love. While Tin spends his days in there, watching how time passes by outside the windows, he imagines a post apocalyptic story of what he sees happening in the street.

Release

''Death in Arizona'' was part of the official selection at international festivals such as Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon, Taiwan Documentary Film Festival, Guanajuato International Film Festival and

Morelia International Film Festival The Morelia International Film Festival (''Spanish'': ''Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia''; FICM) was founded in 2003 in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, México. It is an annual event that takes place during the second week of October. F ...

Reception

The film was described as a "futuristic and very personal documentary", "visionary", "(a) contemplative film about a filmmaker's lost love" and a "hypnotic Doc Mix(ing) Sci-Fi with a Story of Heartbreak in the Bolivian Highlands".

References

External links

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