MAMACITA

By José Pablo ESTRADA TORRESCANO

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Documentary - Completed 2018

José Pablo promised his extravagant grandmother, Mamacita, to make a film about her life, without knowing that this would lead to revelation of secrets, lies and deceptions affecting 5 generations of a high-society Mexican family.

Festivals
& Awards

Zurich FF 2018
Focus: Switzerland, Germany, Austria
HotDocs 2018
Top Audience Pick of the “Made in Mexico” section
Dokfest München 2018
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    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • GERMANY, MEXICO, LUXEMBOURG
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 75 mn
    • Director(s)
    • José Pablo ESTRADA TORRESCANO
    • Writer(s)
    • José Pablo ESTRADA TORRESCANO
    • Producer(s)
    • Arne BIRKENSTOCK (Fruitmarket), José Pablo ESTRADA TORRESCANO (NoPal Pictures), Raoul NADALET (Antevita Films), Tom BLANKENBURG
    • Synopsis
    • Mamacita is an extravagant Mexican beauty queen living in her own kingdom in company of her loyal servants: gardener, chauffeur, chef, housekeeper and nurses. The 95-year-old lady has turned her house into a castle, hiding the open wounds of a prominent Mexican upper class family behind its stone walls. When José Pablo went abroad to study film, Mamacita made him promise to return to Mexico one day to make a film about her life. He conquers his granny’s empire like a Trojan horse, discovering the haunted spirits of his own past and the lack of love that his entire clan has suffered from for generations.