Direction: Meritxell Colell
Production Country Spain
Length: 120 min
Screenplay: Meritxell Colell Aparicio
Language: Español, Quechua, Nahualt, Aymara
Shooting format: 4K, Digital, 16mm
Inspired by Inca quipus, Angélica (50) is commissioned to create a sound map of the Andean geography's remotest places. A recording as a population census and, in turn, as a fabric containing the stories and songs handed down from generation to generation. Her grandmother, aged 98, is sick in Mexico. Every night, Angélica listens to the magnetic tapes she has recorded before weaving them. Altitude sickness and insomnia spawn a dreamlike, fantastic world, where sounds, voices and tales take her back to her childhood in Mexico. A journey through listening that will push Angélica to think about who she is, who she wants to be, and where she comes from.
"The pain of being far away and of knowing that one of the people you love most will die one day and that you won't be able to be there. Not being able to say goodbye. A film about mourning, fear and dreams, about the inheritance of exile and losing one's roots. Angélica Castelló is Mexican, the granddaughter of Russian and Spanish emigrants. She emigrated at the age of 17. A permanent foreigner, her home is sound: a bridge between worlds, a door to an experience that pierces the personal and collective memories. Situated on the geographic and cinematic frontiers, between the real and the fantastic, this is a film for the navigators of impossible voyages"