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Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 82 minutes

Log Line

Selva (13) discovers that when we die we just shed our skin. We can turn into wolfs, goats, shadows, or anything that fantasy allows us to be.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2019 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Sofía QUIRÓS UBEDA
Writer(s) : Sofia QUIRÓS
Cast : Smachleen GUTIÉRREZ, Humberto SAMUELS, Hortensia HILL, Keha BROWN

Producer(s) : Mariana MURILLO (SPUTNIK FILMS), Sazy SALIM (MURILLO CINE), Samuel CHAUVIN (PROMENADES FILMS), Millaray CORTES (La POST Producciones)

Synopsis

Selva (13) lives in a Caribbean coastal town. As she grows up, she tries to keep her family together, but this proves to be harder every day. It seems her father will never come back; Elena, her only motherly figure, disappears at the town festivities; and her grandfather obsesses over his imaginary goats as he lets himself die.
Between imaginary landscapes and mysterious shadows, Selva debates whether to help her grandfather achieve his death wish, even though this means going alone through her last moments of childhood.

Production

Country(ies) : COSTA RICA, ARGENTINA, CHILE, FRANCE

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Festivals and Awards

Semaine de la Critique 2019
Mar Del Plata FF 2019
Cairo IFF 2019 (Critic's Week - Best Film)


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