La empresa

La empresa is a strange creature of a most ambiguous nature a fiction film about documentary filmmaking as fiction filmmaking and what it all does to a regions economy as well as a collective psychology Or is it Isnt it more to the point to say that But before we get lost here lets state what La empresa talks about how the caminata nocturna the illegal crossing of the border between Mexico and the United States was turned into a business that ranges from fourhour nighttime tours for tourists out for a sick thrill to reenactments for film and television crews The latter of course is at the core of André Siegers casually ironic look at this economy of disaster When the Germans arrive in town they meet a workforce already in place and willing to play to any national stereotype as the French seem to get other kicks out of presenting the caminata nocturna than the Netflix internationals