Dir. Laura Basombrío | Argentina, 2024
Spanish with English subtitles | 78 mins | Narrative
Inhabiting the border that separates the mystical and the earthly, SOULS (Las almas) proposes a dream. Over the half-Martian, half-Lunar landscapes of the Argentine Northwest, Estela tells her story. Since her mother died, the wounds press upon her ailing spirit. Her mother returns in dreams with messages, the violence of her father exerts pressure from the past, the distance of her husband feeds on secrets. SOULS is Estela’s inner journey in search of healing amidst memories of the past, the diffuse time of dreams, and the present where the living and the dead coexist on All Soul’s Day.
