A Faraway House
(Una casa lejos)
Mayra Bottero | Fiction, Drama
2021 | 78 minutes | Argentina
Graciela finds out that her father has a strange friendship with a homeless girl, and in the attempt to separate them she’ll find out that a different life is possible.
Synopsis
Graciela dreams of going away and start a new life in the countryside. This desire begins to get disrupted when she discovers that her father has a relationship with a homeless young woman. Graciela does everything in her power to separate them, but she doesn’t understand her father’s obsession. Then she finds out that the girl is pregnant. Graciela will become closer to this woman and start building a friendship that will make her find another possible future.
Reviews
"It is a sincere and humanistic story, well performed by its leading trio and with a fair and simple staging." - Diego Lerer, MicropsiaCine.com
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Main credits
Bottero, Mayra (film director)
Bottero, Mayra (screenwriter)
Bottero, Mayra (film producer)
Cueto, Gabriela (film producer)
Franco, Florencia (film producer)
Gallazzi, Stella (actor)
Rivkin, Carlos (actor)
Correa, Valeria (actor)
Other credits
Cinematography, Martín Benchimol; editing, Valeria Racioppi.
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Pragda subjects
Economics + Social Class Issues
Family
Health + Aging
Race + Ethnicity
South America
Women
Youth
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Festivals
Festival One Country One Film; Portugal Porto Femme Film Festival; Film Festival Kitzbuehel; Argentine Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Mayra Bottero
NATIONALITY: Argentina
YEAR: 2021
GENRE: Fiction, Drama
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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