RETRATO DE MUJER BLANCA CON PELO CANO Y ARRUGAS

PORTRAIT OF A WHITE WOMAN WITH GRAY HAIR AND WRINKLES

By Iván RUIZ FLORES

POTENZA PRODUCCIONES S.L. - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2020

Julia, newly retired, plans to focus on her work, but her mother Marina, a woman in her nineties, disrupts her plans. Rejected by her daughter-in-law, Julia takes over her care. With the help of Miguel, a caregiver and confidant, she struggles to manage a stifling coexistence and find a way out.

Festivals
& Awards

INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA SHANGHAI FILM FESTIVAL 2020
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • SPAIN
    • Director(s)
    • Iván RUIZ FLORES
    • Synopsis
    • Julia has waited her entire life to put an end to her career as a sculpture teacher and finally devote herself to her life and work. Today, she can. She has just retired.

      Her mother, Marina, a woman in her nineties, is like a swallow. She spends one month at Julia’s house and the next with Juan and Esther, her son and daughter-in-law. This has been the arrangement for nearly three years. Fed up with the situation and taking advantage of Julia’s retirement, Esther decides Marina will no longer stay in her home.

      Julia is then forced to put her dreams on hold once again to take care of her mother. To help, she hires Miguel, an experienced caregiver who becomes her confidant and only friend. Yet, the coexistence between mother and daughter takes on shapes Julia cannot mold. Trapped in this new reality, Julia will try to find a way out.