IF WE DON’T BURN, HOW DO WE LIGHT UP THE NIGHT

By Kim TORRES

LES CINEMAS DU MONDE - LA FABRIQUE CINEMA DE L’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS - as PROMO

First film - Development 2021

A restless teenager tests the frontiers between womanhood, sexuality and the secretive world that surrounds her.

    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • First film, Drama
    • Countries
    • COSTA RICA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Director(s)
    • Kim TORRES
    • Producer(s)
    • Alejandra VARGAS CARBALLO (Noche negra producciones)
    • Synopsis
    • Amidst the heat of summer in Costa Rica, fourteen-year-old Laura has to move to a conservative mountain town where rumor has it that a creature from the forest killed a woman. As her friendship with Daniela grows into something special in an environment that sexualizes their adolescent bodies, she finds the courage to save her from an abusive relationship.