Squat

Nov 1 2011 N/A 1h 34m
Documentary, News

The lock that gives way, a door that opens, the cries of joy that ring out: a condemned building has been freed. As simple as hello, the reappropriation that opens Christophe Coello's film is initially a moment of intense vitality. The jubilation of thwarting the plans of the real estate firm that had undertaken to empty the building of its inhabitants, the jubilation of giving back life to a bit of the dead city, the jubilation of taking over a building under the very nose of the property developers and to the relief of the remaining neighbors.

Plot

A door lock snaps, the door open, shouts of joy : a condemned living space has been freed. The re-appropriation of a flat in Coello's movie opening sequence starts with intense vitality. Just to know that the squatters have managed to mess up a real estate's plan to empty the building of all it's inhabitants is exhilarating enough. Jubilation also to bring a bit of life back to a no-man's land. Happiness to win over a roof over ones head, unbeknown st to the property developers and to the relief of the few neighbors still around. Could this be a lost cause? Not for sure. local mobilization for the defense oh neighborhood is doubled by a suggestion to re-appropriate ones life.

Written by

Christophe Coello

Directed by

Christophe Coello

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Production Countries

Spain, France

Languages

Español

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