Completed - SPANISH - unknown - 78 minutes
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : Martín SHANLY
Juana attends a private school where she receives English lessons. She uses a pristine uniform just like the rest of her schoolmates. Seating in her desk, she’s looking at the board, but her eyes point out far beyond that green surface. Juana doesn’t say much, and laughs when she’s not supposed to. Her parents and teachers are worried for her low academic performance and the apparent lack of interest about everything. Juana is a mystery for those around her. But she’s not indifferent to everything: some people and situations may offer her a solution to wake her up from that state. Martín Shanly takes risky decisions in his first film: he chooses a mysterious world to observe, the one of a pre-teen girl. And also takes the risk of recreating a certain recent past. But he never, ever lets himself be dominated by melancholy or a tribute-spirit, and he doesn’t get lost in strange territories either. His resolutions reinforce the accomplishments of one of the most sensible first films we’ll see this year.
Country(ies) : ARGENTINA
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BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2014 Argentinian Competition