A scene from “Scavenger’s Reign”
William Sarradet and Gabriel Martinez discuss the links between a critical history of Latin America, a fictionalized account of a military coup, and our robotic future as depicted in animated sci-fi cinema.
“Short War is a bildungsroman with the setting of the dissolution of a political regime. It’s funny and charming and sweet and dramatic.”
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