71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Sueño mexicano / Mexican Dream

Laura Plancarte
Mexico - UK      92 m.
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Malena had her tubes tied after an abusive relationship and fled to Mexico City seeking a better life, but her ex-spouse took custody of her children despite her fierce fight. Today she has a new partner and is finishing the house where she dreams of living with her three children and a new baby. She needs IVF treatment if she is to have a second chance now that she's older and wiser. Malena decides to quit her job as a domestic worker and return home to set up a business and have the family she always dreamt of. Feeling abandoned, her children punish her while her partner threatens to leave if the IVF fails. Can she pull everyone together and make her dreams come true?

Director
Laura Plancarte (Mexico)
Screenplay
Laura Plancarte, María Magdalena -Malena- Reyes
Production
LP Films S.A de C.V. (Mexico)
Laura Plancarte
TV UNAM (Mexico)
Iván Trujillo
LP Films Ltd (United Kingdom)
Laura Plancarte
Photography
Franklin Dow
Edition
Andrea Chignoli
Music
Pablo Tood, Marc Vicente
Sound
Odin Acosta
Cast
María Magdalena -Malena- Reyes, Edgar Lozano, Carla Islas, Jennifer Nacif, Eloísa Monrroy, Guadalupe Reyes
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
92 m.
Original language of the film
Spanish
Country
Mexico - UK
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