Ninosca
(Ninosca)
Peter Torbiörnsson | Documentary
2019 | 103 minutes | Sweden
The story of a woman who left her abusive husband and set off into the world with the dream of a simple life, seeking a way to support her family.
Synopsis
Swedish director Peter Torbiörnsson met 12-year-old Ninosca and her family amid the civil war. He began to visit regularly, tracking her coming of age, love, marriage, and pregnancy. As the girl becomes a woman, problems start to mount up, owing to societal structures.
Ninosca was born into a family of leftist Sandinista revolutionaries in Nicaragua’s rural mountains, and the film follows her into adulthood over 40 years. What begins as a fascinating snapshot of Nicaragua’s politically volatile ‘80s develops into an intimate depiction of the disintegration of Ninosca’s marriage and her struggle to financially support her children
When Ninosca finds the inner strength to break from subjugation to violent machismo. she challenges her restricted life as her husband’s maid and victim of domestic violence. She heads to Spain in search of a good job. Perhaps this way she can return and fulfill her dream – a coffee plantation of her own.
Reviews
“Shot over 40 years, an epic about one woman’s struggle for independence requiring her to face her past in the macho-culture of Central America.” – Carmen Gray, MODERN TIMES REVIEW
Citation
Main credits
Torbiörnsson, Peter (film director)
Torbiörnsson, Peter (film producer)
Gardell, Stina (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography and editing, Göran Gester; music, Jon Rekdal.
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Biography
Central America
Cinema Studies
Culture + Identity
Human Rights
Latin American Studies
Women
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
Tempo Stockholm - Best Documentary; Westlake International Documentary Festival - Best Documentary; Göteborg International Film Festival; One World Prague; Millenium Docs Against Gravity; Krakow International Film Festival; Guanojuato International Film Festival; DocsMX
DIRECTOR: Peter Torbiörnsson
NATIONALITY: Sweden
YEAR: 2019
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish; Swedish; Other languages
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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