Telefono Publico - Hola Mexico Film Festival

After the earthquake, silence falls and each call becomes a lifeline.

MOVIE NAME: Public Phone / Public Phone

DIRECTOR: Moïs Roditi

CAST: Armando Espitia, Aline Menasse, Fernando Memije, Fernanda Rivera, Joshua Okamoto, Eduardo Maruri, Florencia Rios, 

YEAR / COUNTRIES / LENGTH: 2024 / Mexico / 93 Min

FESTIVAL SECTION: MEXICO NOW

SUMMARY: When an earthquake shuts down the phone network in Mexico City, people turn to public phones to reach each other. In the chaos, we hear their stories, told not through spectacle, but through voice, breath, and raw emotion. Public Phone is a quiet, deeply human portrait of a society forced to reconnect, literally and emotionally, in the aftermath of disaster. It explores anxiety, fragility, and the invisible threads that bind us, even when everything else breaks down.