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TÓTEM

By Lila AVILÉS

Second film - Completed 2023

Seven-year-old Sol spends the day at her grandfather’s home, helping with the preparations for a surprise party for her father. Throughout the day, chaos slowly takes over, fracturing the family’s foundations.
Sol will embrace the essence of letting go as a release for existence.

Festivals
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Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2023

Competition

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Second film, Family, Drama
- Countries
- MEXICO, DENMARK, FRANCE
- Languages
- SPANISH
- Budget
- N/A
- Duration
- 95 mn
- Director(s)
- Lila AVILÉS
- Writer(s)
- Lila AVILÉS
- Cast
- Naíma SENTIÉS, Montserrat MARAÑON, Marisol GASÉ, Teresa SÁNCHEZ
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-D917-0000-D-0000-0000-Z
- Producer(s)
- Tatiana GRAULLERA (LATERNA), Lila AVILÉS (LIMERENCIA), Louise RIOUSSE (LATERNA)
- Synopsis
- TÓTEM is a choral film about life. Seven-year-old Sol spends the day at her grandfather’s home, helping her aunts Nuri and Alejandra with the preparations for a surprise party they are throwing for Sol’s father, Tonatiuh. As daylight fades, a strange and chaotic atmosphere takes over, shattering the bonds that hold a family together. Sol will come to understand that her world is about to change dramatically, embracing the essence of letting go and cherishing the breath of life.

TÓTEM

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