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Completed - SPANISH - Comedy, Romance - 90 minutes

Log Line

Hortensia's father is electrocuted with the refrigerator, she is fired from work and her boyfriend cheats on her with her best friend. Desperate, follows her adolescent goals: "to marry a blond boy and to design the most beautiful shoe." Things will get worse while she don’t listen to her true self.

Previous markets

  • Ventana Sur 2015 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2016 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Diego LUBLINSKY, Alvaro URTIZBEREA
Writer(s) : Alicia GIMENEZ GUSPI
Cast : Camila ROMAGNOLO, Agustin SCALISE, David “toto” SZECHTMAN, Gonzalo URTIZBEREA, Paula CARRUEGA, Martín POLICASTRO, Marcelo CHIRINOS, Ximena BANUS

Producer(s) : Alvaro URTIZBEREA (VISTA SUR SRL)

Synopsis

It’s December, Hortensia’s (22) father is electrocuted when he opens the refrigerator door. On the last day of the year she is fired from work. That same night, she discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her with her best friend. Alone and anxious, she finds a letter she wrote when she was fourteen. It reads: “Goals for Happiness: to marry a boy who is blond like my father and to design the most beautiful shoe in the world.” Her life suddenly regains meaning and she immediately makes decisions to fulfill her objectives. Unable to find solutions, things will only get worse while she fails to listen to her true self.

Production

Country(ies) : ARGENTINA

Festivals and Awards

Ventana Sur 2015 Video Library


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