TRACES OF SANDALWOOD

RASTRES DE SÀNDAL

By Maria RIPOLL

SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL (SFF) - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, VOD, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Drama - Completed 2014

Pain is universal. But so is hope. A story of hope and love across Mumbai and Barcelona; from India to the Mediterranean... and all the way back.

Festivals
& Awards

Montréal World FF 2014
San Sebastian FF 2014
Film Library (not in selection)
Ventana Sur 2014
European Cinema
Guadalajara FICG 2015
Ficcion Iberoamericana
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • SPAIN
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, CATALAN
    • Duration
    • 96 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Maria RIPOLL
    • Writer(s)
    • Anna SOLER-PONT
    • Producer(s)
    • Anna SOLER-PONT (Pontas)
    • Synopsis
    • Despite her fame and fortune, Mina, a successful Indian actress in Mumbai, can´t forget her little sister Sita, from whom she was forced to separate after their mother´s death in a village. Thirty years later she will finally find out that Sita is alive and well in Barcelona. However, Sita’s adoptive parents have erased all traces of her past. She is now called Paula, works as a researcher in Biology and has no recollection of her Indian background, let alone of Mina. Faced with the shocking truths of her past, Paula begins a long journey of self-discovery, aided along the way by her budding romance with the handsome Indian immigrant Prakash. A story of hope and love across Mumbai and Barcelona; from India to the Mediterranean and all the way back.