Completed - SPANISH - Second film, Social issues, Drama - 85 minutes
Recently divorced, 72-year-old Violeta lives alone in her childhood house, tending to her lush tropical garden and making plans to turn her property into a boarding house. When she discovers the bank is about to take away her house, she breaks all the rules to hold onto her home and her freedom.
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Hilda HIDALGO Writer(s) : Hilda HIDALGO Cast : Eugenia CHAVERRI, Gustavo SANCHEZ PARRA Producer(s) : Laura IMPERIALE (CACEROLA FILMS), Hilda HILDALGO (Producciones La Tiorba)
Recently divorced, 72-year-old Violeta lives alone in her childhood house in Costa Rica, tending to her lush tropical garden and visiting with the ghosts of her parents.Determined to enjoy her newfound freedom, she takes swimming lessons and rents out a room to her instructor, a middle-aged Mexican with dreams of his own. When she applies for a loan to turn her property into a boarding house, she discovers the bank is about to take away her home.With a perspective both intimate and feminine, the film traces the journey of an iconoclastic woman who is willing to break the rules to hold onto her home and her freedom.PLOT KEYWORDS: Aging | Family & kinship | Gender roles | Central America
Country(ies) : COSTA RICA, MEXICO
Ventana Sur 2017 Latam ScreeningsMar Del Plata FF 2017 (Official Selection)Busan - BIFF/APM 2017 (Flash Forward)Costa Rica Inte 2017 (Official Competition)Global 2017 (Official Selection)HAVANA 2017 (Official Selection)Glasgow 2018 (Official Selection)Guadalajara FICG 2018 (Official Selection)Tromso IFF 2018 (Official Selection)