Sotobosque

A successful portrayal of the alienation suffered by a person who comes from outside with nothing in his favour, without lapsing into paternalism or drama: that is what the measured, elegant tone of Undergrowth achieves. We accompany Musa, a young Mauritanian, on his daily activities. He wanders the fields alone, making a living clearing weeds, watching as from the distance the people around him. The ritual puts us in his shoes, those of that “other” with whom we coexist without seeing him, experiencing with him the barriers in his interaction with the inhabitants of a small town in Gerona. (Seville European Film Festival)