Director : Heidi Specogna
Cast : José Mujica, Lucía Topolansky
Durata : 01:30
A few days after his death, which moved the entire world, the homage to the extraordinary figure of Pepe Mujica continues at Giunti Odeon, with a second appointment (Saturday 24 May at 9pm): the beautiful documentary entitled Lessons from the Flowerbed. A former resistance fighter who is elected President of Uruguay and almost completely donates his salary to social projects: Pepe Mujica, one of Latin America's most charismatic personalities, has become known as “the world's poorest president”. Always remaining true to his ideals, his modest lifestyle and unconventional appearance are the basis of his credibility with young and old. His words at the G20 in Rio in 2012 have been called “the world's finest speech”. Here is an excerpt: 'The model of development and consumption that we are talking about is always that of the rich nations. But I wonder: what would happen if all Hindu families had the same proportion of cars that German families have? How much oxygen would we have left to breathe?".