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I Am Here

I Am Here

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  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 20, 2017

Runtime

1h 17m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Estoy acá (Mangui Fi)

Production Companies

Cais Cine, NELO CINE

Director

Esteban Tabacznik

Description

For Ababacar and Mbaye - two Senegalese immigrants who met and established a great friendship in Buenos Aires - the challenge goes beyond adapting to the customs and living conditions in Argentina, or dealing with the indifference and racism they suffer on a daily basis: both came to an instance of their lives in which they must define a course, and in turn accept that their identities and needs have become more complex. The decision to leave their country was driven by the urgent objective of financially supporting their families, but the stay in Buenos Aires crossed them with new people, new ways of seeing things, and even an economic situation different from that which they found at home. Their different ways of seeing things allow them to see in each other a different version of themselves.