Country: Mexico
Year: 2022
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Runtime: 80 mins.
Valeria is ten years old, lives in a city in the south of Mexico and begins puberty. She lives with her parents and her older brother. Suddenly, her uncle Julio comes to live in her house. Valeria accidentally overhears a conversation and finds out that Julio is going to divorce Ana, Valeria's favorite aunt. That same afternoon, Valeria witnesses how a couple touches each other underwater in a pool. Until that moment she had not seen anything like it or does not remember it. Julio's divorce begins to affect her emotionally. Her uncle is eating less and drinking more. Valeria becomes more observant of her body and is curious about her nudity, her classmates and her relationships. To her surprise, Sabina, her best friend, is going through something very similar and wants to experience relationships with other children more quickly. One day, Sabina's parents discover that she has a boyfriend and they punish her at home. Rumors about Sabina's whereabouts grow at school. Valeria tries to defend her but she doesn't understand how what Sabina does is necessarily bad. The phone rings at Valeria's house. Valeria answers to meet Ana and see each other soon.
DIRECTOR
Mariana Musalem
She has a degree in Hispanic Literature, graduated from the Film Training Center specializing in directing and is a postgraduate in Scriptwriting from ESCAC, Barcelona. She has extensive experience as a script supervisor and has written and directed several short films awarded at different festivals, demonstrating her sensibility as a director.
Director:
Mariana Musalem
Cast
Sofía Quezada Amaro, André de Regil, Sonia Franco, Frida Alvarado
Cinematography:
Oswaldo Toledano
Production:
Gabriela Gavica Marrufo, Carlos Hernández Vázquez
Screenplay:
Mariana Musalem Ramos
Editing:
Lenz Claure
Sound:
Daniel Touron de Alba, Axel Muñoz
Art Direction:
Ana ¨Moshi¨ Ibarra
contacto: mandarinacine@gmail.com
Screenings
León
20.7.2023
17:00 (Horario CST)
Teatro del Bicentenario 
San Miguel de Allende
27.7.2023
15:00 (Horario CST)
Cinemex Luciérnaga | Sala 8
Irapuato
28.7.2023
17:00 (Horario CST)
Teatro de la Ciudad
Irapuato
29.7.2023
20:00 (Horario CST)
Club Campestre