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ON THE INVENTION OF SPECIES (LA INVENCIÓN DE LAS ESPECIES)
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Completed - SPANISH - Environmental, Female director, Drama - 91 minutes

Log Line

Twelve-year-old Carla is grieving when she arrives at the Galapagos, where she mutates into an “Island” to survive.

Year of production : 2024

Director(s) : Tania HERMIDA
Writer(s) : Tania HERMIDA
Cast : Ana María CARRIÓN, Pancho AGUIRRE, Gabriel SALTOS, Jean Carlo CABRERA

Producer(s) : Tania HERMIDA (Ecuador para largo), Lía RODRÍGUEZ (VENTÚ PRODUCTIONS)

Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Carla is grieving and speechless when she arrives at the Galapagos and realizes she must mutate to survive. She thus becomes an “Island” and, imitating the iguanas learns to cling to the rocks, wait, plunge, and emerge to tell her story.

SHOT ENTIRELY ON LOCATION IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS



PLOT KEYWORDS
Galapagos | Coming-of-age | island | reinvention | grief | friendship | father-daughter relations | nature | conservancy | Ecuador

Production

Country(ies) : ECUADOR, CUBA

Festivals and Awards

San Francisco International FF 2024 (Sloan Science on Screen Award Recipient)


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