WILD WOMAN
La mujer salvaje
Thursday, Sept 12 at 8:15 PM
The Cinematheque
Director: Alán González
Cuba | 2023 | Spanish with English subtitles | 93 min | Drama
Preceded by the short film Convivial Rebellion by Sidartha Murjani
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In a Havana slum, a woman survives a bloody fight between her husband and her lover. In a desperate attempt to spare her son from the scandal, she decides to run away with him, but a video of the incident has already gone viral.
En un barrio pobre de La Habana, una mujer sobrevive a una sangrienta pelea entre su esposo y su amante. En un intento desesperado por salvar a su hijo del escándalo, decide fugarse con él, pero un video del incidente ya se ha vuelto viral.
“With his feature debut, director Alán González provides us with an unflinching look at the frayed social fabric that creates a dangerous distrust among neighbours of the barrio, and gives way to feedback loops of violence.”
-Diana Cadavid, TIFF
Best Actress (Lola Amores), Málaga Film Festival, 2024
Best performance by an actor/actress, for Lola Amores, Cine Ceará – Festival Ibero-americano de cinema, 2023
Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival, 2023
ALÁN GONZÁLEZ
Cuban screenwriter, director, and cinematographer. He wrote and directed several widely awarded short films such as “La Profesora de Inglés” and “El Hormiguero”. Co-founder and member of VICEVERSA, a collective with which he has advised or co-written the scripts of several feature films in the Caribbean area. WILD WOMAN is his first feature film as co-writer and director.
This film qualifies for the People’s Choice Award, presented by:
