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Completed - SPANISH - First film - 66 minutes

Log Line

It's not about what we lack. It's about where we belong to.

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Carlos MACHADO QUINTELA
Writer(s) : Abel ARCOS
Producer(s) : Sebastian BARRIUSO, Camilo VIVES, Delfina CATALA, Isabel PRENDES

Synopsis

A phlegmatic swimming teacher, a teenage girl who is missing a leg, a boy with Down’s Syndrome, another with defective legs and one with no apparent physical disability but who refuses to speak, spend a day at the swimming pool. The five outcasts inevitably struggle, clash, separate – and in the end reunite thanks to their imperfections.

Production

Country(ies) : CUBA, VENEZUELA

Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - EFM 2013 (Panorama Special)
Cannes 2013
Ventana Sur 2013


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