Sinopsis
A birth mother, Sara, and a foster mother, Virginia, share a nine-year-old girl, Claire. As a result of her problems with alcohol and drugs, the Justice took from her daughter’s custody when she was four years old. The girl was given in foster care to Virginia and Albert, whom Claire has considered her parents ever since. Everything changes when, five years later, a judge decides to return the girl to Sara, who has managed to rebuild her life and has a stable job. Taking advantage of the fact that it’s summer, Sara and Claire set out on a journey to Marseille in search of the girl's biological father.
With a degree in Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid, Belén Macías also graduated from the Spanish Royal School of Dramatic Art in Madrid and studied Film Screenwriting at the School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños (Cuba). Screenwriter of the TV series Al salir de clase (1998), the Catalan director has also directed plays such as The Bald Singer (1989), by Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994).
In 2008 she made her feature film debut with El patio de mi cárcel (2008), where a group of prisoners led by Verónica Echegui formed a theater group in the 1980’s to escape the terrible reality that the lack of freedom entails. The debut film was produced by El Deseo, by the Almodóvar brothers, with Candela Peña and Blanca Portillo. The film was particularly well received in the official section of the San Sebastian Film Festival.
In 2014 she released Marsella, a film that tells the story of a girl's reunion with her biological mother (María León) and the journey they undertake to France in search of her father, together with her foster mother (Goya Toledo). The film won several awards and two nominations for the Goya Awards.
Sunday, November 3rd, 22:00
Year of production: 2014
Running Time: 1 hour and 35 minutes
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Director: Belén Macías
Cast: María León, Goya Toledo, Eduard Fernández, Manuel Morón, Alberto López, Álex Monner, Ruth Gabriel, Óscar Zafra, Juan Blanco
Production: Marta Esteban, Gerardo Herrero
Screenwriters: Belén Macías, Aitor Gabilondo, Verónica Fernández
Cinematographer: Aitor Mantxola
Production companies: Messidor Films, Tornasol Films
International Sales: Mercury Films (videomercury.com)
Selected in ... No
Premiere in Spain or Madrid? No.
