Sinopsis
Almost 20 years after the film Mi vida dentro (My Life Inside), Mexican filmmaker Lucía Gajá revisits the case of Rosa Estela Olvera Jiménez, a Mexican immigrant accused of murdering a minor. A decade and a half later, this sequel explores how Rosa’s family, together with various social organizations, managed to restore the freedom that had been unjustly taken from her.
She studied filmmaking at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC), specializing in Directing. She has been nominated eight times for the Ariel Award, presented by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, and won the 2005 Ariel for her documentary short film Soy (2003). Her documentary debut, Mi vida dentro (2007), received numerous national and international awards and played a key role in securing the release from prison of its protagonist. Batallas íntimas (2016), her second feature film, explores domestic violence and received numerous national and international awards. The film has been instrumental in fostering discussions about domestic violence in academic, political, and social spheres in Mexico and other countries.
She has served on selection committees for documentary production projects for the former FOPROCINE and EFICINE programs, as well as for the National System of Art Creators, among others, and has served as a jury member at national and international film festivals. She has directed episodes of documentary series for HBO Latam, CNN Plus, Canal 11, and Canal 22, as well as fiction series for Star+.
Her work has been exhibited and screened at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Fondation Cartier. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the United States and the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences. In 2012, she received the Universidad Nacional Award for Young Academics in the field of Cultural Creation and Outreach, presented by UNAM.
Vidas en la orilla (2025), her third feature film, follows the story of Rosa Estela, the protagonist of Mi vida dentro.
With the collaboration of Fundación Casa de México en España and the Centro de Estudios Mexicanos en España de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM-España).
Friday, Nov. 6th. 7:00 p.m.
Sala Borau - Cineteca Madrid
Ticket sales: 5 €. Online / Box office from Tuesday to Sunday from 4.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Year of Production: 2025
Time: 107’
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish, English. Original version with Spanish subtitles.
Director: Lucía Gajá
Cast: Rosa Estela Olvera Jiménez
Production: Rodrigo Herranz, Lucía Gajá
Script: Lucía Gajá
Director of Photography: Carlos Correa
Production Companies: Caguama Producciones
Selected at the Morelia International Film Festival
Nominated at the 68th Ariel Awards (2026) by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Documentary Feature)
Premiere in Spain
