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SPUTNIK

Female director - Development 2021

Ana is a photographer who suffers the consequences of sexual abuse she was subjected to at the age of 13. Since she meets Fernando and Emilia her life changes. At the same time, she meets Mariela, a transvestite woman who frequents the therapy group. They empathize with each other instantly and together overcome the situation.

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Female director, Romance, First film
- Countries
- ARGENTINA
- Languages
- SPANISH-ARGENTINE
- Duration
- 80 mn
- Synopsis
- Ana is a shy and lonely photographer who lives with little money in a tiny apartment in Flores neighbourhood. Ana is bisexual. At the age of 13, she suffered sexual abuse. Since that moment she has stopped being Ana to fight against her traumas and try to heal her wounds. Frequently, Ana has nightmares that revive the moment when she was abused by her uncle, an attractive and beloved man, in a room of a family country house while she was playing with her dolls and the rest of the family was happily enjoying the sun and the swimming pool.
  The relationship with his parents is very superficial and patriarchal. Her mother, sunk in her subordinate family life that makes her unhappy, has never cared to ask Ana what has happened to change so much. It was easier to label her a rebellious teenager. Her father is like another object in the house. He never gives her opinion, talks or socializes. He is simply harvesting his miseries.
  Accidentally she meets Fernando in a bookshop and a whole world opens before her. She wants to relate to him but her traumas don’t let her advance sexually. She also meets Emilia, an attractive advertising model, whose personality intimidates her so she stops being interested in her. For this reason, Emilia starts being obsessed with her.
  Ana hardly has friends, just Claire, who is also a photographer. They met each other when they were studying. This is the only bond she has had so far.
  Ana loves astrology; she has several books on this topic. She also has a precious spyglass that was given to her when she was nine and it calms her in a certain way.
  In these times of change, she decides to face her fears and attends abused women meetings where she meets a group of people, among them Mariela, who encourages her to start yoga and stand up lessons.
  Simultaneously Ana starts yoga lessons and continues attending the self-help group. Little by little she looks more confident and determined to face her fears until she takes enough courage to tell her mother about the abuse.
  The dates with Fernando are more frequent and several weeks later, they finally have sex. For the first time, after 23 years, Ana is released from her torments.