Spanish Kaleidoskope
Notes for a consensual fiction [Apuntes para una ficción consentida]
Lea Grand is a Swiss actress who lives in Madrid, rejecting roles that cast her as a foreigner and accepting precarious jobs. On the point of opening a play with texts by Saint Teresa of Avila in a cabaret setting, she receives an interesting commission from the Basel Stadt theater. This return to her home city force her to confront her identity.
The Little Pawn [El petit peó] [El pequeño peón]
The story of Arturo Pomar, a child chess prodigy exploited by the Franco regime as a symbol of prestige during the Spanish postwar period. His international fame served the interests of the dictatorship, but, as he grew up, he fell into oblivion.
The Inherited Silence [O silencio heredado]
Lucía approaches her grandmother Edilia looking for answers, but she only finds silence. Edilia's silence is long, deep-rooted, dark and painful. When Lucía understands that Edilia will never give her the answers she seeks, she decides to look at that silence, listen to it closely, trying to understand it. Together, they explore the limits of words and images in that silence that unites them.
Sunu Gaal (Our cayuco) [Sunu Gaal (Nuestro cayuco)]
Why do so many young Africans dream of migrating to Europe? Sunu Gaal follows Mariatou, Árfa, and Aliou—three Senegalese youths determined to leave, each with a different strategy. The film offers a fresh perspective on migration, revealing a generation aware of the risks, the racism they may face, the neocolonial exploitation of their land, and the rise of feminism among young women.
This Body of Mine [Este cuerpo mío]
This Body of Mine tells the story of the friendship between Rafael and Carolina. Rafael, a trans man in the process of acceptance and reconciliation with his own body, and Carolina, his unconditional companion, undertake together the search for their square meter of peace in the world.
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