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The Tiniest Place

The Tiniest Place (El lugar más pequeño)

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  • Mexico
  • 2011
  • · 100m

Director Tatiana Huezo
Genre Documentary

Years after the Salvadoran military destroyed the village of Cinquera in the country’s civil war, survivors have returned to rebuild their community. Soulful and beautifully rendered, this directorial debut is an evocative testament to place, memory and the power of life to rebound from tragedy.

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IndieWire by Eric Kohn

The Tiniest Place calls to mind Patricio Guzmán's brilliant "Nostalgia for the Light," which focuses on the remnants of Chilean atrocities strewn about the Atacama Desert. Huezo, however, relies more on irony, juxtaposing the wartime setting with storybook images, acknowledging her distance from the events in question.

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The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden

At once impressionistic and precise,The Tiniest Place (El Lugar más pequeño) is a beautifully rendered memory piece that insists on the necessity of memory.

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Slant Magazine by Diego Semerene

Going back to the scene of trauma is a familiar Latin American strategy for dealing with its wars and dictatorships through art, but The Tiniest Place takes a disturbingly literal approach to such wound-scratching homecoming.