METROPOLIS

Futuro, año 2000. En la megalópolis de Metrópolis la sociedad se divide en dos clases, los ricos que tienen el poder y los medios de producción, rodeados de lujos, espacios amplios y jardines, y los obreros, condenados a vivir en condiciones dramáticas recluidos en un gueto subterráneo, donde se encuentra el corazón industrial de la ciudad. Un día Freder, el hijo del todopoderoso Joh Fredersen, el hombre que controla la ciudad, descubre los duros aspectos laborales de los obreros tras enamorarse de María, una muchacha de origen humilde, venerada por las clases bajas y que predica los buenos sentimientos y al amor. El hijo entonces advierte a su padre que los trabajadores podrían rebelarse.

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Special version narrated by Camilo García, Luis Posada, Graciela Molina, Aarón Gómez, and Miguel Ángel Rábade. Featuring live music by Jonay Armas and a performance by Sofía Privitera.

Sometime in the future, the city of Metropolis is home to a Utopian society where its wealthy residents live a carefree life. One of those is Freder Fredersen. One day, he spots a beautiful woman with a group of children, she and the children quickly disappear. Trying to follow her, he is horrified to find an underground world of workers who apparently run the machinery that keeps the Utopian world above ground functioning. One of the few people above ground who knows about the world below is Freder’s father, John Fredersen, who is the founder and master of Metropolis. Freder learns that the woman is called Maria, who espouses the need to join the «hands» – the workers – to the «head» – those in power above – by a mediator who will act as the «heart». Freder wants to help the plight of the workers in their struggle for a better life. But when John learns of what Maria is advocating and that Freder has joined their cause, with the assistance of an old colleague. an inventor called Rotwang, who turns out to be But their nemesis goes to works towards quashing a proposed uprising, with Maria at the centre of their plan. John, unaware that Rotwang has his own agenda., makes plans that include shutting down the machines, with the prospect of unleashing total anarchy both above and below ground.