Sinopsis
Fiction. Clota and Stella are mother and daughter. They live alone in an old family mansion in the city of Junín. The link between them is diffuse and they seem condemned to live together, stuck in an endogamous routine. Stella's attempts at independence have been lukewarm and Clota has done little and nothing to favor her.
One day, Stella receives a piece of news and an unexpected inheritance: her father, with whom she has cut off all communication for years, has died. Two small apartments in a lonely seaside resort are his legacy. Stella decides to start a journey to understand that miracle that she is presented with as a new and last possibility for independence. But Clota sees in that very thing that does not belong to her, the chance to sell them and live well for a few more years.
Cornered, Stella agrees to travel with her mother. Towards the end of the tour, at one of the last stops, Clota discovers Stella's true intentions for her future and perceives it as a surgical separation. It is no longer intuition but the confirmation of an idea.
On the shoulder of the road, alone, in the middle of the night, mother and daughter have a last and brutal argument that precipitates the storm and the emancipation.
Paula Hernández (Argentina, 1969) studied at the Universidad del Cine de Buenos Aires, she was a fellow at the Berlinale Talent Campus, and has received funding from Visions Sud Est Fund, Global Film Initiative, Equinoxe TBC, Berlinale Co-production Market. With her first feature film, “Herencia” (2001), she won, among other awards, the First Feature Award at the National First Opera Competition of the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts of Argentina (INCAA). “Lluvia” (2008) won the Special Jury Prize and the Best Actress Award at the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival and Best Film at the Mannheim Film Festival. "Los sonámbulos" had its world premiere at TIFF (Platform Competition), and was selected among others for the San Sebastian Film Festival (HL), AFI Fest, Chicago International Film Festival, and Festival of the New Latin American Cinema of Havana, where she received the Choral Award for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Actress.
Presented by the film's director Paula Hernández, the actress Valeria Lois and the directors of the Festival.
With the collaboration of Casa de América.
Cine Estudio del Círculo de Bellas Artes
International Competition
Year of Production: 2020
Running Time: 80’
Country: Argentina
Language: Spanish. Original version with English subtitles
Director: Paula Hernández
Cast: Rita Cortese, Valeria Lois, Sergio Prina, Sebastián Arzeno and Edgardo Castro
Producers: Juan Pablo Miller and Paula Hernández
Production company: Tarea Fina
International Sales: Meikincine Entertainment
Main festivals and awards: Selected at the Mar del Plata International Festival.
