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MAR NEGRO

Omar Alarcón | Bolivia 2018 1h 1m

Synopsis
EN

The first time Hugo Montero entered the psychiatric hospital, he was twenty years old. He died there at the age of eighty-five. He made hundreds of poems and drawings behind those walls. In 2004, he published a book of his poetry, Penumbras. In the prologue of his book, he says: “Is writing is to resurrect?

ES

La primera vez que Hugo Montero entró al hospital psiquiátrico tenía veinte años. Murió allí mismo, a los ochenta y cinco. Realizó cientos de poemas y dibujos detrás de aquellos muros. En 2004 editó un libro con su poesía, Penumbras. En el prólogo de su libro dice: ¿Escribir es acaso resucitar?

Director

Omar Alarcón

Country

Bolivia

Production

Mar Negro

Language

Spanish

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