The Ballad of Tita and the Machines

USA | 2023 | 15 min • Narrative Short

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Shorts Program 6
Harkins Sedona 6 -Theatre 1 Thu, Feb 29 7:00 PM

Shorts Program 6
Harkins Sedona 6 -Theatre 1 Sat, Mar 2 1:00 PM

Tokyo Cowboy
Sedona Performing Arts Center Tue, Feb 27 4:00 PM

A Japanese salaryman goes on an unwitting journey of self-discovery when he takes a business trip from Tokyo to a Montana cattle ranch.


Brash businessman Hideki arrives in Montana having convinced his Tokyo bosses he can turn a profitless U.S. cattle ranch into a premiere-performing asset. Yet when his Hardee’s-burger-loving Japanese Wagyu-beef expert fails him, Hideki is poised to misfire magnificently unless he identifies a missing element that’s key to the transformation — himself.

Tokyo Cowboy
Harkins Sedona 6 - Theatre 2 Sun, Mar 3 1:10 PM

A Japanese salaryman goes on an unwitting journey of self-discovery when he takes a business trip from Tokyo to a Montana cattle ranch.


Brash businessman Hideki arrives in Montana having convinced his Tokyo bosses he can turn a profitless U.S. cattle ranch into a premiere-performing asset. Yet when his Hardee’s-burger-loving Japanese Wagyu-beef expert fails him, Hideki is poised to misfire magnificently unless he identifies a missing element that’s key to the transformation — himself.

Film Info
Event Type:Narrative Short
Release Year:2023
Run Time:15
Production Country:USA
Original Language:English
Spanish
Trailer:https://vimeo.com/830997576
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Miguel Angel Caballero
Cast:Laura Patalano
Luis Antonio Aldana
Nico Greetham
Producer(s):Helena Sardinha
Rafael Thomaseto
Screenwriter:Luis Antonio Aldana
Miguel Angel Caballero

Description

In a near future where Artificial Intelligence in the workforce is a societal norm, Tita, an injured and elderly fieldworker, reluctantly hires an artificially intelligent humanoid substitute worker to fill in for her picking strawberries and unexpectedly attracts the curiosity of the creators of this technology when their AI workers are unable to do her back-breaking work.