El reloj de Velasco Ibarra

Synopsis

Angel, the great-grandfather of the director, was a carpenter, bricklayer, selling used clothing and professional pickpocket. Among his victims were five times president of Ecuador Velasco Ibarra and the founder of the Christian Social Party and President Camilo Ponce Enriquez. This documentary tells the story of a family as a metaphor for a broader and more complex social reality.

Director Biography

Paúl Narváez, born in Ecuador, 1985. Director of documentaries Monologue of a crow, My Terroir and Lights out. It is part of the Union Studies, a group that built the Digital Film Archive of Ecuador. Currently he is working on the research project and multimedia education Alebrije.