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Memo
Guille, a young Venezuelan immigrant, is a bartender in Berlin. On a lonely night at the bar, he is surprised by the sudden appearance of his brother Memo, whom he hasn’t talked to in a long time. Over the course of a surreal night out, past grievances of the two estranged brothers will come to the fore as they make sense of a mysterious message from back home.
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Guille, a young Venezuelan immigrant, is a bartender in Berlin. On a lonely night at the bar, he is surprised by the sudden appearance of his brother Memo, whom he hasn’t talked to in a long time. Over the course of a surreal night out, past grievances of the two estranged brothers will come to the fore as they make sense of a mysterious message from back home.
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Genre:Drama, Family
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Runtime:18 minutes
Studio:Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
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