The Cleaner
A small and plodding Eusebio is the cleaner of the title, a doleful man whose job is to clean up sites where there have been recent deaths… It seems there is an illness called the Lima Epidemic spreading through the Peruvian city – the film never states if it is futuristic…simply that the epidemic is rife – which attacks both men and women, who die within 12 hours of showing the symptoms. After cleaning at one house, he hears a noise upstairs and is bemused to find a small boy hiding in a closet. Initially he is in some sort of denial, but eventually the boy follows him downstairs. Unable to find a home or refuge for the boy, named Joaquin, he does his best to look after him, while also trying to track down his family. The boy retreats to a cupboard in the house, but in a rather delightful and oddly surreal twist, he only comes out of the house to join the cleaner on his duties when the man cuts a small cardboard box to fit over his head to act as a protection against the illness… Mark Adams
Peru
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2011
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2011
Script
Adrián Saba
Adrián Saba
Cinematography
César Fe
César Fe
Editing
Justin Beach
Justin Beach
Production
Flamingo Films (Adrián Saba)
Flamingo Films (Adrián Saba)
Cast
Adrian Du Bois
Carlos Gassols
Mario Velasquez
Miguel Iza
Victor Prada
Adrian Du Bois
Carlos Gassols
Mario Velasquez
Miguel Iza
Victor Prada
Music
Karin Zielinski
Karin Zielinski
Festivals
18th Festival on Wheels
WORLD CINEMA
18th Festival on Wheels
WORLD CINEMA