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Spanish artist and curator Víctor Iriarte’s debut feature unfolds across four epistolary chapters, following middle-aged Vera (Lola Dueñas) as she emerges from a years-long search for the biological son whom she gave up for adoption at birth, and whose identity and whereabouts were rendered all but untraceable by a callously negligent bureaucracy. When Vera’s letters reach teenaged Egoz (Manuel Egozkue) and his adoptive mother Cora (Ana Torrent), the three of them converge on the banks of Portugal’s Douro River for a long-delayed reunion—and a shared reckoning with the intimate legacies of Spain’s political history. Deceptively airy and noir-inflected, Iriarte’s unhurried, methodical gaze lingers over bodies and structures, interpolating velvety 16mm compositions with tactile close-ups of maps, floor plans, and microfiche newspaper clippings to evoke the textural and symbolic traces of a family discovering itself.
Original Release
12/01/2023
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lola Duenas | Vera |
Manuel Egozkue | Egoz |
Ana Torrent | Cora |
María Vázquez | Bibliotecaria |
Katia Borlado | Socorrista Piscina |
Lina Rodrigues | Fadista |
Maria Abreu | Complice Subsuelo |
Izaro Alzaga | Alumna Cora Joven |
Clementina de Jesus Crista | Complice Imprenta |
Fernando Egozcue | Guitarrista |
Directors
Writers
Víctor Iriarte, Isa Campo, Andrea Queralt
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lola Duenas | Vera |
Manuel Egozkue | Egoz |
Ana Torrent | Cora |
María Vázquez | Bibliotecaria |
Katia Borlado | Socorrista Piscina |
Lina Rodrigues | Fadista |
Maria Abreu | Complice Subsuelo |
Izaro Alzaga | Alumna Cora Joven |
Clementina de Jesus Crista | Complice Imprenta |
Fernando Egozcue | Guitarrista |
Clara Eito | Doctora |
Mariana Agustina Arrese Giménez | Funcionaria |
Oleksiy Mateychuk | Taller de Piano |
Manuel Ortuño | Juez |
Almudena Ruiz | Alumna Pianista Adulta |
Markel Ruiz | Joven har ambigú |
Raquel Rocha Vieira | Sanitaria |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Víctor Iriarte | Producer |
Isa Campo | Producer |
Andrea Queralt | Producer |
Pandora da Cunha Telles | Producer |
Tamara García Iglesias | Producer |
María Gómez | Producer |
Pablo Iraola | Producer |
Isaki Lacuesta | Producer |
Ivan Saldaña | Producer |
Katixa Silva | Producer |