Skip to main content
2012 | B/N | 15 min 50 seg

Paula is a woman who recently discovered she has epilepsy. Immersed in a hostile social environment, she wanders through the streets of the city in search of hope.


Country: México
Direction: Tinajero Ponce; Salvador
Script: Tinajero Ponce; Salvador
Production: Merlos; Bárbara
Photography: Arauz; Octavio
Sound: Acosta; Odín
Music: Vásquez Duarte; Abigail, Alvarado; Jacobo
Cast:Nepote; Florencia
Art direction: Gallardo; Paulina
Participation year at FICM: 2012

Other Movies

Àvia, Garden of Memories

Àvia, el jardín de la memoria
Àvia, which means grandmother in Catalan, portrays Montserrat Gispert Cruells, who as a child flees Barcelona with her family during the Spanish Civil War and arrives in Mexico in 1941. Rodrigo, her grandson and the film’s director, accompanies her in her final days as she reflects on her identity, her life as an ethnobotanist, her family legacy, exile, and the right to a dignified death. Together, they wander through her garden of memories. See More

The Reserve

La reserva
While most of the inhabitants of Monte Virgen struggle to collect their coffee, the forest ranger Julia discovers that a group of illegal loggers is destroying the reserve. Determined to stop them, she looks for the support of a fearful and indifferent community that will soon turn its back on her. Alone on her quest, she will gradually lose the things she loves most except one thing: her dignity. See More

Ángeles

Ángeles
Ángeles is a twelve-year-old girl, sweet and fierce. She sells candies on the street with her sister Isabela. David is the caretaker of a parking lot. The three of them often hang out and listen to music in the parked cars. One afternoon, David confesses to Ángeles his decision to kill himself by jumping off a building. Instead of trying to dissuade him, Ángeles decides to help her friend. See More

Related News

Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård to Present Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value at the 23rd FICM
Juliette Binoche_Premio a la Excelencia Artística
Juliette Binoche to Receive the Award for Artistic Excellence at the 23rd FICM
Cherien Dabis
Cherien Dabis to Present ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU at the 23rd FICM
Charlie Kaufman
Charlie Kaufman will present his short film HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST at the 23rd FICM