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Wild Woman
Alán González
Synopsis
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.
Programming
October 27th
Berkeley/ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) / 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94720, Estados Unidos
19:00 (GMT-7)
About the film
Production:
Claudia Calviño
Genre:
Fiction
Languages:
Spanish
Production Companies:
Cacha Films
Cinematography:
Lorenzo Casadio Vanucci
Screenplay:
Nuri Duarte y Alán González
Editing:
Joanna Montero
Sound Design:
Angie Hernández
Music:
N/A
Cast:
Lola Amores, Jean Marcos Fraga Piedra, Isora Morales, Grisel Monzón, Yaité Ruiz, Leandro Sen, Afrodreak, Arnaldo Galbán, Yailín Coppola, Leidys Chiv y Andros Perugorría
Festival Track:
Toronto International Film Festival (Discovery), Filmar en América Latina Festival, Cine Ceará - Festival Ibero-americano de Cinema (Best Feature Film; Best Lead Performance; Best Sound), Festival Internacional de Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana (Special Jury Prize in the First Feature Competition; SIGNIS Award), Festival de Málaga (Best Actress), Premios Platino (Nomination for Best Female Performance), Festival de cinéma latino-américain de Bruxelles (Best Film).
About the director
Alá González
Alán González is a Cuban screenwriter, film director and photographer. He wrote and directed short films such as La profesora de Inglés (2015) and El Hormiguero (2017). He is a 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 (2023) is his first feature film as co-writer and director.
