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MEMORIES OF A BURNING BODY

September 6 @ 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm

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*There is a second screening on Wednesday, Sept 10th at Cineworks

Dir. Antonella Sudasassi | Costa Rica, 2024
Spanish with English subtitles | 90 min | Narrative

This is the second feature film by Antonella Sudasassi, an up and coming Costa Rican filmmaker. 

Growing up in a repressive era when sexuality was a taboo subject, 68-year-old Ana, 69-year-old Patricia and 71-year-old Mayela developed their understanding of what it means to be a woman based on unspoken rules and implicit expectations. Now they dare to talk about it openly. The memories, secrets and longings of the three are interwoven in a poetic way: while the women tell their stories off-screen, they fill the body of another woman of their generation who incarnates their lives.

World Premiere, Berlin Film Festival, 2024.

 

 

The Cinematheque

1131 Howe Street Vancouver
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7 Canada

MEMORIES OF A BURNING BODY.

Antonella Sudasassi

The director, screenwriter, and producer was born in Costa Rica. Her first film, The Awakening of the Ants, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2019 and was selected for more than 65 international festivals, representing the country at the Academy Awards and becoming the first Costa Rican film to be recognized by the Platino Awards and the first Central American movie to receive a Goya Award nomination. Memories of a Burning Body is her second film.
Antonella Sudasassi.