Thursday, November 13th
Future, year 2000. In the megalopolis of Metropolis, society is divided into two classes, the rich who have the power and the means of production, surrounded by luxuries, wide spaces and gardens, and the workers, condemned to live in dramatic conditions confined in a subway ghetto, where the industrial heart of the city is located. One day Freder, the son of the all-powerful Joh Fredersen, the man who controls the city, discovers the harsh working conditions of the workers after falling in love with Maria, a girl of humble origin, revered by the lower classes and who preaches good feelings and love. The son then warns his father that the workers could rebel.
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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 center 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.
