What does it mean to live in a Mexican village where half of the population has left to find work? What do parents go through who haven’t seen their children in years, or brothers and sisters who grow up without their fathers? The issue of Mexican emigration to the USA is handled relatively often in feature and documentary films, but few moviemakers concentrate on those who merely watch as their relatives leave. Who records their melancholy memories and helpless sorrow, their positive expectations and fond dreaming? Half-finished houses and untilled fields bear silent witness to a reality permeated with an intense feeling of loss. With emphasis on the authenticity of the everyday, the film’s creators put together a mosaic of the emotions and opinions of eleven men, women, and children from various regions of Mexico. “Instead of embarking on an odyssey, we decided to tell the story of Penelope and her eternal wait,” comments.
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