Director, Juan Carlos Rulfo. Mexico, 2006. 84 min.
IN THE PIT demonstrates in starkly realistic detail why Mexicans have a proverb warning that the devil demands a soul for every bridge built. The ambitious project of constructing the massive elevated beltway around Mexico City, El Periférico, is a marvel of engineering but it comes with a high cost for the men who toil on its soaring towers and in its deep tunnels. The film manages surprising lyricism despite its gritty mise-en-scène, revealing the exploitive side of “progress.”
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2014/04/30 - 2014/04/30
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