Director: Jayro Bustamante
Production:
La Casa de Producción
Les Films do Volcan
Genre: Drama
Duration: 93 minutes
Language: Spanish, Maya-Caqchickel, Maya-Ixil
Year: 2019
Country: Guatemala, France
Premiere: November 13th, 2020
LA LLORONA
With the words “If you cry, I’ll kill you” ringing in their ears, Alma and her sons are murdered in Guatemala’s armed conflict. Thirty years later, a criminal case is brought against Enrique, a retired general who oversaw the genocide. But he’s acquitted through a mistrial and the spirit of La Llorona is unleashed to wander the world like a lost soul amongst the living. At night, Enrique starts to hear her wailing. His wife and daughter believe he’s having bouts of Alzheimer’s-related dementia. Little could they suspect that their new housekeeper, Alma, is there to mete out the vengeance the trial did not. Premiered at Venice Film Festival (Giornati degli autori).
AWARDS:
– Venice-days Award (Giornate degli Autori)
– Best Film exaequo (Bergen International Film Festival)
– Best Feature (Kolkata International Film Festival)
– Audience Award – Latidoamericano Section – (Cineuropa)
– Audience Award (FILMAR en America Latina)
– International Press Award – Glauber Rocha (La Habana International Film Festival)
– Special Jury Award (La Habana International Film Festival)
– Best Sound Award (La Habana International Film Festival)
FILM FESTIVALS:
2019:
Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days) – Official Section
Toronto International Film Festival – Contemporary World Cinema
El Gouna International Film Festival – Feature Narrative Competetion
SSIFF – Horizontes Latinos
Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival – World Cinema Special Screening
Bergen International Film Festival – Cinema Extraordinaire
Zurich Film Festival – International Competition
BFI London Film Festival – Competition
Gent International Film Festival – Official Competition
Cinema Akil Dubai (Latin American film festival)
Chicago International Film Festival – International Competition
Sao Paulo Interational Film Festival – International Perspective
Le Giornate Della Mostra del Cinema, Trento
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Sicilia
Tokyo International Film Festival – International Competition
Thessaloniki International Film Festival – Open Horizones
Cineuropa – Official Section “Latidoamericano”
Stockholm International Film Festival – Open Zone Competition
Film from the South Festival
Kolkata International Film Festival – Innovage Inmovie Images
Peliculatina Film Festival – Cinéfilos
FILMAR en América Latina
Pantalla Latina Switzerland
Movies on War Film Festival
La Habana International Film Festival – Official Section
2020:
Sundance Film Festival – Spotlight
Global Dominican Film Festival