TÓTEM

By Lila AVILÉS

TEL AVIV CINEMATHEQUE - as FEST

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
& Awards

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
    • 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.