死寂之屋 Casas Muertas

In Casas Muertas, exile is not just about crossing borders, it is a state of being. More than eight million citizens have fled Venezuela. But for those who stay, survival means grappling with a society in a state of chaos. In its portraits of Isabel, Darwin, Jesús, Elvira and Gregorio, the film explores a country where protests are met with death squads, where justice feels unreachable, and where every home is a metaphorical casa muerta – a house of the dead. Employing haunting imagery, poetic reflections and a deeply evocative score, Rosana Matecki’s moving documentary captures the void left by those who have vanished and the resilience of those who remain – trapped in the ruins of a broken homeland.