"My idea is to make this lengthy film with many characters and an accumulation of fragments of stories and lives, told in three times: the late 40s, the mid 50s and the early 60s. Starting from a documentary basis of personal tales to narrate private lives where people struggle to get by while everyday life is tainted by the social and political climate of those convulsive and intense years in the history of Argentina. A melodrama where life continues while politics and the successive national and international events mark the rhythm of the story."
Production Country: Argentina
Length: 90 min
Screenplay: María Alché
Language: Español
Shooting format: DCP Following DCI
Sinopsis: It's summer 1952. Josefina (8) lives with her brother Jorge (13) and their mother, a geologist in the Andes Mountain Range. But a tragic accident leaves Josefina and Jorge orphaned and they are farmed out to Berta, one of their aunts, whose intense political and cultural life filters through to the children's home and private lives. Soon Jorge feels uncomfortable and leaves. Josefina is left behind, living alone with her aunt, her husband and her two cousins. With a few narrative ellipses, personal life starts merging with the political, social and cultural life of the convulsive 50s and 60s.
