The Boatman

A short Super 8 movie about a boatman, El Colchon, whose nickname is'The Mattress'. For 40 years he has rowed people back and forth across the Riachuelo in Buenos Aires. From Italian grandfather to grandson, his family have crossed the same tiny stretch of water for five generations.

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