72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Autoficción / Autofiction

Laida Lertxundi
USA - Spain -New Zealand      14 m.
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Borrowing its name from the title of a literary genre, the film recognises the indeterminacy of both fiction and of the being. Film noir elements are reduced to inexpressive gestures under the bright Californian sunlight. Field recordings made in New Zealand can be heard while the women talk to one another about motherhood, abortion, break-ups and anxiety. A civil rights demonstration moves slowly along a street. The bodies appear in states of weariness, injured or relaxed, while the songs of Irma Thomas and Goldberg evoke the passing of time and an uncertain future. 

Director
Laida Lertxundi
Screenplay
Laida Lertxundi
Production
Laida Lertxundi (Spain)
Laida Lertxundi
Cineteca Madrid (Spain)
Gonzalo de Pedro Amatria
Distribution
Hamaca (Spain)
Photography
Laida Lertxundi
Edition
Laida Lertxundi
Music
(No name) Golberg, Irma Thomas, Bert Hoover, Ren Ebel
Featuring
Maite Muñoz Iglesias, Josette Chiang, Anastasia Sargent, Ren Ebel, Nazli Dincel, Gabrielle Pulgar, Christina C. Nguyen, Ashley Campbell, Greta Grau, Jasminne Morataya, Arshia Haq, Alexis Sevilla, Jorge Suárez- Quiñones, Guillermo Pozo, Bing Cao, Case Esparros
Format
35 mm
Running Time
14 m.
Country
USA - Spain -New Zealand
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