Live – Japon/Guatemala

Tuesday, November 1st, 1988, 11 p.m. GMT. It is 8 am local time in Japan. It is 5 pm local time in Guatemala. Early in the morning, in the Tokyo suburbs, a crowd of white collars are walking towards the underground station, on their way to work. At the very same time, dusk is falling in Todos Santos, a mountain village in Guatemala, where campesinos are about to celebrate the Festival of the Dead.