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TOTEM

By Lila AVILÉS

LES ALCHIMISTES - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline

Family - 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

Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival 2022

PRIX FRIPESCI

FEST New Directors/ New Film 2023

PRIX DU MEILLEUR FILM

Jerusalem International Film Festival 2023

MEILLEUR RÉALISATEUR

Durban International Film Festiva 2023

MEILLEURE RÉALISATION

Melbourne International Film Festival 2023

MENTION SPÉCIALE DU JURY

Festival de Cine de Lima 2023

MEILLEUR LONG-MÉTRAGE/ MEILLEURE PHOTOGRAPHIE

Seoul Women’s International Film Festival 2023

MEILLEURE RÉALISATRICE

Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival 2023

PRIX FRIPESCI

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- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Family, Drama
- Countries
- MEXICO, DENMARK, FRANCE
- Languages
- SPANISH
- Duration
- 95 mn
- Director(s)
- Lila AVILÉS
- Writer(s)
- Lila AVILÉS
- Cast
- Naima SENTIES, Montserrat MARANON, Marisol GASÉ
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-D917-0000-D-0000-0000-Z
- Producer(s)
- Héctor ZUBIETA (Limerencia Films)
- 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 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 will change dramatically, embracing the essence of letting go and cherishing the breath of life.

TOTEM

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