Se le moviò el piso
(The earth moved under him)
A portrait of Managua

Director & Producer: Anne Aghion
Editor: Martine Zévort
Camera: Anne Aghion, Stephen Torton
Additional camera: Masashi Ohtsu
Post-Production Director: Judith Abitbol
Sofìa Montenegro's voice in French: Paùla de Oliveira
Post-Production Sound Recordist: Pierre Camus
Sound Mixer: Raoul Fruhauf

Hi-8 Color 42’ – In English and Spanish with English sub-titles

© Anne Aghion / Chaz Productions – 1995

reviews and awards

Coral Award for Best Non-Latin American Documentary on Latin America at the 18th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba.

"In Nicaragua, there is a very common expression to say that someone is totally out of control or shocked, you say the earth or the floor moved. “Se le moviò el piso.” This is a constant reference to this horrible experience of having the earth beneath you that doesn’t belong to you. You lose the sense of gravity. You’re a fucking marionette."
—Sofìa Montenegro