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Post-Production - SPANISH - Drama - 80 minutes

Log Line

Barbara lives in Barcelona with her girlfriend. Every Saturday she calls her children who live in Bolivia with her mother. Ulysses has been arrested. She will have to rethink her current motherhood after bringing him to Barcelona

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2022 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2022

Director(s) : Anaís PARETO
Writer(s) : Anaís PARETO
Cast : Anabel CASTAÑÓN, Ilona MUÑOZ RIZO, Miriel CEJAS, Mercedes HERNÁNDEZ, Pedro HERNÁNDEZ

Producer(s) : Anaís PARETO (SANTA ÚRSULA FILMS), Pedro HERNÁNDEZ (Santa Úrsula Films), Miguel ángel ABUJA (TIMBER FILMS), Pablo GREGORIO (TIMBER FILMS), Daniela LEYVA (Santa Úrsula Films), Andrea TOCA (Santa Úrsula Films)

Synopsis

Barbara is a 39 year old Bolivian woman that has been living in Barcelona for ten years. She works cleanings a house and furniture store. She´s in a relationship with Maribel, an Spanish woman with whom she lives in a tiny flat. On the weekends, they play footballs in a team of Latinamerican women, and at night they go out to dance.
One Saturday, Barbara´s mother call to tell her that her eldest son, Ulises, has been arrestedand that she´s no longer able to take care of him. Barbara finds herself with no oder options than to bring her son to Barcelona.
Convinced that he won´t understand her new life, Barbara breaks up with Maribel and the rest of her social ties.
Living together is not easy. Mother and son will need to start knowing each other again, and in this process Barbara will have to reconsider her assumed concept of maternity and accept Ulises in her new life.

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Country(ies) : SPAIN, MEXICO


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