Synopsis
After fighting on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War, a man goes into exile in France. His wife begins to work to support their family. He writes numerous letters to her. She reads them to her children by candlelight. The years pass and he does not return home. A Greek choir tells stories of other women who, like the protagonist, started a new life when the war began. Penelopes who did not succumb to looming traps and impassive wait.
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Director
Carolina Astudillo
Graduated in Film Studies from the Universidad Católica de Chile and master’s degree in Creative Documentary from the UAB. She has developed her work from historical research, documentary creation and writing, with women and historical memory as a point of reference. She has won two Biznagas de Plata in Malaga, with El gran vuelo and also with Ainhoa: yo no soy esa.
Filmography: Canción a una dama en la sombra (2022, D'A 2022), Esa fugaz esencia que dejaron los sucesos (short, 2022, D'A 2022), Naturaleza muerta (short, 2020, D'A 2020), Un paseo por New York Harbor (short, 2019, D'A 2019), Ainhoa: yo no soy esa (2018, D’A 2018), El gran vuelo (2014), El deseo de la civilización (short, 2014), Lo indecible (short, 2012), De monstruos y faldas (short, 2008)
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