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Memories of a Burning Body (Memorias de un cuerpo que arde)

Memories of a Burning Body (Memorias de un cuerpo que arde)

Memories of a Burning Body (Memorias de un cuerpo que arde)

Dir. Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
90 min

12th Cine Latino Film Festival

Saturday, October 12 at 2:00pm

ABOUT THE FILM

Ana, Patricia and Mayela were raised in a repressive era where sexuality was taboo, and they were forced to find the meaning of femininity and their roles as women through unspoken rules and implicit impositions. But how they feel now? How have their desires and pleasure evolved through the years? Have they changed? We get to hear their brave voices embodied in a single 65-year-old woman, played masterfully by actress Sol Carballo, who inhabits their kaleidoscopic lives and intertwines their memories, secrets and hidden desires. Director and writer Antonella Sudasassi (The Awakening of the Ants - Best Ibero American Film - SIFF 2019) blends real testimonies with very effective re-enactments of moments of all the women’s lives. But the poignancy of this very unique exploration, winner of the Audience Award in the Panorama Section at the Berlin Film Festival this year, lays on how these women understand and enjoy their sexuality today when the rest of the world thinks they no longer exist, when their wrinkles, gray hairs, and aging bodies are questioned and dismissed as no longer desirable. In a lyrical, and intimate way the film exalts the body of women and their sexuality in the broadest of senses and becomes a stimulating space where everyone, regardless of gender identity or age, can question their own notions of pleasure and desire.

MEMORIAS DE UN CUERPO QUE ARDE – En español

Ana, Patricia y Mayela crecieron en una época represiva donde la sexualidad era tabú y se vieron obligadas a encontrar el significado de la feminidad y sus roles como mujeres a través de reglas e imposiciones implícitas y generalmente nunca cuestionadas. ¿Pero cómo se sienten ahora? ¿Cómo han evolucionado sus deseos y su placer a través de los años? ¿Han cambiado? Hoy podemos escuchar sus valientes voces encarnadas en una sola mujer de 65 años, interpretada magistralmente por la actriz Sol Carballo, que habita sus caleidoscópicas vidas y entrelaza sus recuerdos, secretos y deseos ocultos. La directora y guionista Antonella Sudasassi (El despertar de las hormigas - Mejor Película Iberoamericana SIFF 2019) combina testimonios reales con recreaciones muy efectivas de momentos de la vida de todas las mujeres. Pero lo conmovedor de esta exploración única, ganadora del Premio del Público en la Sección Panorama del Festival de Cine de Berlín 2024, reside en cómo estas mujeres entienden y disfrutan su sexualidad hoy, cuando el resto del mundo piensa que ya no existen, cuando sus arrugas, cabellos grises y cuerpos con años son cuestionados y descartados como ya no deseables. De una manera lírica e íntima, esta película exalta el cuerpo de la mujer y su sexualidad en el sentido más amplio y se transforma en un espacio en donde todos, independientemente de su identidad de género o edad, pueden cuestionar sus propias nociones de placer y deseo.

PRESENTED BY MSP FILM SOCIETY

Cine Latino returns October 9-13 to The Main Cinema for five days of Spanish and Portuguese language films, special guests, fiestas, food trucks, and more! The 12th annual celebration of the best Latin American, US Latinx, and Ibero Cinema pays homage to the longstanding film industries throughout the Spanish and Portuguese speaking diaspora by showcasing the diversity of their inhabitants, the immense beauty of their geographies, and the magic of their many cultures through the power of film.

Film Details

Program: Cine Latino
Release Year: 2024
Runtime: 90 min
Country/Region: Costa Rica, Spain
Language: Spanish
Print Source: Bendita Film Sales
Tags: Documentary, Drama, Women Directors, Women's Rights

Cast/Crew

Director: Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
Producer: Antonella Sudasassi Furniss, Manrique Cortés Castro, Estephania Bonnett
Cinematographer: Andrés Campos Sánchez
Screenwriter: Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
Editor: Bernat Aragonés
Composer: Juano Damiani
Principal Cast: Sol Carballo, Paulina Bernini, Juliana Filloy, Liliana Biamonte, Gabriel Araya, Juan Luis Araya, Leonardo Perucci

Showtimes

The Main 3

Saturday, October 12th