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LALA
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World PROD
Release date : Mar 12, 2020
 
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Development - SPANISH - True Story, Drama, Road movie - 100 minutes

Log Line

In the rural town of Armería (west of Mexico), Lala (24) -a young woman with a mental disability- has been in a chicken coop for 14 years chained by her grandmother Virginia (60s), for believing her possessed by the devil due to the condition of Lala.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2019 (Debut)
  • Toronto 2019 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2020

Director(s) : Rocko DESVAN
Writer(s) : Rocko D. MARQUEZ
Cast : Martina MEDINA AMEZCUA, Nancy TALAMANTES, Adrián LADRÓN, Ángeles CRUZ, Iazúa LARIOS

Producer(s) : Marco antonio SALGADO, (Mental Revolution Films), Susana e. JÁUREGUI (Cinema226,), Samantha GUILLÉN (BDC Producciones), Adrián BAZÁN (BDC Producciones)

Synopsis

In the rural town of Armería (west of Mexico), Lala (24) -a young woman with a mental disability- has been in a chicken coop for 14 years chained by her grandmother Virginia (60s), for believing her possessed by the devil due to the condition of Lala. Blanca (17), grandmother Virginia and then Aristeo (22), her brother in drug trafficking, abuses her sister Lala, steals money from Aristeo's "job", and flees with Lala to Tijuana in search of her mother Rosaura ( 48), whom they have not seen for years. While they are chased by Aristeo and his drug gangs, in parallel, we know Rosa's life, since the birth of Lala.

Production

Country(ies) : MEXICO, CHILE

Festivals and Awards

Sundance 2018 (Development Track 2019)
SANFIC 14 2018 (SANTIAGO LAB, SANFIC/18)


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