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UA Center for Latin American Studies is proud to co-present screenings of Latin American films that will be shown at the Loft Film Fest (Nov 10-18, 2021) at the Loft Cinema.
Film: Las Siamesas (2020)-- Thursday, Nov 11 at 11 a.m.
The Loft Cinema
3233 E. Speedway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85716
DIRECTED BY Paula Hernández, 2020, Argentina, in Spanish with English subtitles, 80 mins., Not Rated
Mothers and daughters and the often-fraught ties that bind serve as the subject of this expressive drama from writer/director Paula Hernández, whose previous film, The Sleepwalkers, was selected as Argentina’s official submission for the 93rd annual Academy Awards. Forty something Stella (Valeria Lois, History of Fear), single and searching, lives with her ailing mother, Clota (Rita Cortese, Wild Tales), whom she dutifully cares for while longing for some kind of escape. When Stella’s long-estranged father – and Clota’s long-ago-divorced husband – dies and leaves Stella two apartments in a drab coastal town, the two embark on a bus trip that will change their lives forever. Director Hernández presents us with a clear-eyed portrait of a love between parent and child that’s as explosive as it is unconditional. Almost surreal in its presentation of familiar situations in unfamiliar places, the film feels both eerily recognizable yet far from anything resembling real life.
General admission: $12
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