When a Flash Passes Through

When a Flash Passes Through

When a Flash Passes Through

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When a Flash Passes Through

2025

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A transvestite force revives the statues in the disobedient nights of Buenos Aires, three months after the irruption of the ultra-right. Three lives intertwined in a friendship, the ballroom scene, the brown trans non-binary existence and poetry. From their own daily lives, Killa, Molly and Andy reflect on their community and the importance of resisting and transforming the reality we inhabit together.

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Molione Barraza

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Killa Orbe

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Andy Andino

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Directed by: Jose Matamala

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