Megacities

Bombay, Mexico city, Moscow, New York : seductive yet repellent monsters. The contradiction insinuates itself into the daily lives of those who populate these megacities. The film’s twelve chapters tell the tales of : Shankar, the bioscope Man; Modesto, the chicken feet vendor; Baba Khan, the paint recycler; Nestor, the trash scavenger; Oleg, Borya, Kolya and Misha, the street kids; Cassandra, the performer; Larissa, the crane driver; Toni, the hustler. Day in day, but they all set about their struggle for survival with ingenuity, intelligence and dignity. And they all share a single fantasy : the dream of better life.