Sinopsis
Amaia has just become a mother when she realizes that she doesn't really know how to be one. With her partner gone for work for a few weeks, she decides to return to her parents' house, in a beautiful coastal town in the Basque Country, and thus shares the responsibility of caring for her baby. What Amaia does not know is that, although she is now a mother, she will never stop being a daughter.
Born in Barakaldo in 1978. She studied Audiovisual Communication and English Studies in the Basque Country. She moved to Madrid and graduated in Film Directing from ECAM in 2005. Her final project before graduating, Clases particulares -Private Lessons-, debuted successfully in the short films sector, winning more than 30 awards. She has combined her advertising career with her short films, which have been selected in more than 400 national and international festivals and have won over 100 awards. In 2022, Cinco lobitos -Lullaby-, her debut feature film as both a screenwriter and a director, was selected for the Berlinale´s Panorama section.
Photograph © Victor Bensusi
Sala Berlanga. Fundación SGAE
Spanish Authors Competition
Year of production: 2022
Running Time: 104 minutes
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Director: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
Cinematographer: Jon D. Domínguez (AEC)
Cast: Laia Costa, Susi Sánchez, Ramón Barea, Mikel Bustamante
Production: Marisa Fernández Armenteros, Nahikari Ipiña, Manu Calvo and Sandra Hermida
Production companies: Encanta Films, Sayaka Producciones and Buenapinta Media
International Sales: Latido
Selected at the Berlinale and Malaga, where it won awards for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Audience Award and Young Jury Award. SIGNIS Award, ASECAN Award and FEROZ Award in Las Palmas as well as a mention from the jury at the 2022 Barcelona D'A Film Festival
