204 Ratings

The Man Who Lived in a Shoe

El hombre que vivío en un zapato

Directed by Gabriella Gómez-Mont, Marcelino Islas Hernández

Mexico, 2011

Documentary, Sci-Fi

Synopsis

This is a story of a man, Jose Luis “El Guero” Robles Gil, a story of reality versus fantasy, love and madness, in the blink of an eye. A life poised almost at the border of fiction. It is the story of a man who lived inside a shoe, and the woman who accompanied him, once upon a time.

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The Man Who Lived in a Shoe Directed by Gabriella Gómez-Mont, Marcelino Islas Hernández

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Héctor Olguín's rating of the film The Man Who Lived in a Shoe
Héctor Olguín

Un mundo que pareciera propio de la ficción más absurda o del falso documental más esmerado, es plasmado con naturalidad en una narración que conforme avanza se vuelve inevitable no cuestionar la verosimilitud de lo que se nos presenta. Termina por ser un documental entrañable, memorable, en el que sin juicios se explora el peculiar universo de un hombre que vive con "un ancla" entre la realidad y la magia.
January 24, 2019 17:47
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Sin título.'s rating of the film The Man Who Lived in a Shoe
Sin título.

Una cruza interesante entre la realidad y su regurgitación en el pensamiento mágico, un proceso que fluye en dos vías, la primera de ellas digna de análisis clínico y la segunda como una negación de lo que el orden social legítimo llamaría como normalidad.
January 24, 2019 17:47
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Vassiliki Kolokotroni's rating of the film The Man Who Lived in a Shoe
Vassiliki Kolokotroni

Astounding. Empathetic without being sentimental, cleverly edited, compelling throughout. Little mystery bombs go off all the time, leaving you wanting, needing to know more about all the back stories.
January 24, 2019 19:05
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Ponyoneiro's rating of the film The Man Who Lived in a Shoe
Ponyoneiro

Uma viagem pela loucura , ou seria pelo excesso de razão , ou por uma liberdade de pensamento, ou uma defesa do seu próprio "ser"?Não sei ao certo mas ao final eu , internamente , me sinto o louco da história.
June 20, 2018 03:39
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Korial's rating of the film The Man Who Lived in a Shoe
Korial

An apparently mad man questioning the threshold between sanity and insanity, inner and outer reality, as well as the limits of Conscience and the Mind. Escapism, folly, weirdness, perversions, obsessions, all is triggered by our awareness of what this life is about: suffering while striving for a meaning and for feeling comfortable with ourselves. "The world in here is larger than the one outside"
June 15, 2018 13:29
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Patxe's rating of the film The Man Who Lived in a Shoe
Patxe

Que sobrecogedoras las risas estoicas y trastornadas de la gente que convive con éste personaje. Este documental demuestra que una buena historia y bien contada puede más que la mejor tecnología.
May 25, 2017 03:23
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Víc Azpeitia's rating of the film The Man Who Lived in a Shoe
Víc Azpeitia

... ya lo decía la Dickinson: "Demasiado juicio es la más estricta locura". Gran documental, extraordinario descubrimiento es "el güero" y su mundo interior. Me gustó también la narrativa, esperaba mucho menos, para ser sincero.
April 03, 2015 07:03
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Henrry Vargas's rating of the film The Man Who Lived in a Shoe
Henrry Vargas

En todos lados se cuecen habas. Unos por tiernos otros por enérgicos, a todos nos abrazan las mismas locuras, unos las dejan pasar y otros aprenden a vivir con ellas.
May 18, 2017 05:40
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