Wandering Girl
(Niña errante)
Rubén Mendoza | Fiction, Drama
2018 | 82 minutes | Colombia
On the violent border between Brazil and Paraguay, a battle wages between agribusiness and indigenous sovereignty.
Synopsis
A mesmeric journey of four half-sisters across Colombia blends the candor of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Our Little Sister with the sensuality of Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang to conjure up its own language.
Twelve-year-old Ángela loses the only parent she has ever known, her father, in a motorcycle accident. Among the mourners who come to Cali for the funeral are her three half-sisters, who know each other loosely but have never met Ángela. They are all in their late twenties, all three children of different mothers, and all harbor differently shaped impressions of their footloose father. Rather than let Ángela be subsumed into the foster care system, the women close ranks around their younger sister and drive the girl cross-country to their aunt’s house.
Ángela will recognize in her half-sisters, femininity, sensuality, mysteries of pleasure, pain, the body, misfortune, and the challenge of being a woman in those lands.
Reviews
“Wandering Girl for all its flawless, fully embodied performances and insights into family and nature vs. nurture, has resonances beyond the story of four sisters united and divided by shared paternity. ” – Jessica Kiang, VARIETY
“Strong performances, exquisite visuals and a light dusting of gritty feminist attitude.” – Stephen Dalton, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“A mesmeric journey that blends the candor of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Our Little Sister with the sensuality of Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang to conjure up its own language.” – Leonardo Goi, THE FILM STAGE
Citation
Main credits
Mendoza, Rubén (film director)
Mendoza, Rubén (screenwriter)
García, Daniel (film producer)
Paz Jara, Sofía (actor)
Ramírez, Carolina (actor)
Calderón, Lina Marcela (actor)
Other credits
Cinematography, Sofia Oggioni; editing, Andrea Chignoli, Rubén Mendoza; music, Juanita Añez, Valentina Añez.
Citation
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Pragda subjects
Body Image
Culture + Identity
Economics + Social Class Issues
Family
Human Rights
South America
Women
Youth
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
Tallin Black Nights Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Rubén Mendoza
NATIONALITY: Colombia
YEAR: 2018
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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