Five Ways to Dario

ein Dokumentarfilm von Dario Aguirre

Since more than 10 years the director Darío Aguirre lives between two totally different worlds, Germany and Ecuador. He decides to make an extraordinary journey, visiting five unknown men called Darío Aguirre as well: One in Mexico and four in Argentina. To meet each other develops into a reconcilement with their own past lives and permits a briefly glance into the protagonists present time. For two months Darío shares five different lives, adapting himself to situations and activities he has never done before. He tries to lose his fear of the extension of his visa with the Mexican psychologist, Darío Aguirre. He learns to drive a car with the cabby, Darío Aguirre, in Buenos Aires; he experiences the life of a soldier with the Sergeant Major Darío Aguirre; he philosophizes with the security guard, Darío Aguirre, at the gate over the question “Who am I?”; and he observes the influence the upcoming birth is having on future father, Darío Aguirre. “The film captures the experience of been a stranger in pictures and tells from the perspective of the migrant about the search for cultural and personal reference points and the lack of the sense of belonging. Beside my personal memories, it is the people, above all with their strengths and weaknesses, who make this film so special. It is a metaphor about the process of self-discovery in a strange place, and an attempt by a migrant to find his place.” (The director Dario Aguirre)