DOKUMENTARFILM PREVIEW – MARIOS DESTINO

In the organizer's words:

As a teenager, he was tortured in a police interrogation. But it is only 50 years later that artist Mario Steigerwald remembers it. Through art, he says what he could not bring himself to tell his friends and relatives for years. What he could not bring himself to say. What he cannot bring himself to let become reality.

Now he faces up to his traumatic past and talks about his youth in the military dictatorship in Uruguay, which was characterized by violence and oppression. Mario Steigerwald is often almost overwhelmed by the emotions that resurface with the repressed memories, yet he descends deeper and deeper into his trauma: he talks about his producers, Molotov cocktails and the office room that changed everything. He speaks because he was not allowed to say what he thinks back then. On January 22, this documentary will be shown at the place where Mario Steigerwald delved into the depths of his repressed memories: on the stage of the Pepper Theater. Afterwards, the film team will be happy to answer questions and talk about their project.

Further insights can be found on the film's official Instagram account @marios_destino_film