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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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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