Sinopsis
La Hortúa, hospital cerrado y abandonado por el gobierno colombiano en
2001, aún alberga antiguos trabajadores y sus familias que, como forma
de protesta ante el histórico cierre, han resuelto vivir allí. Edificios
antiguos, del que fuera el hospital más importante en Colombia, se
vienen abajo mientras sus habitantes, observados en actos cotidianos,
resultan calladas presencias fantasmagóricas en medio de la soledad, el
silencio, la quietud, y el implícito cuestionamiento sobre el pasado y
el devenir del hospital.
Synopsis
Closed and abandoned by the
Colombian government in 2001, La Hortúa was a hospital that today shelters former
workers and their families. As a form of protest to its closing, those affected
moved in and are now squatting there. Buildings of what once was the most
important hospital in Colombia are now crumbling while their inhabitants, as
observed in their daily routines, become muted phantasmagoric beings wandering
through the solitude, silence, and dusty memories preserved in the space. The
answers of unavoidable questions about the past and the future of the hospital
abound.