Director: Jayro Bustamante
Production:
La Casa de Producción
Les Films do Volcan
Genre: Drama
Duration: 97 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, Venice Film Festival, Italy, 2019)
– Best Film exaequo (Bergen International Film Festival, Norway, 2019)
– Audience Award – Latidoamericano Section – (Cineuropa, 2019)
– Best Feature (Kolkata International Film Festival, India, 2019)
– Audience Award (FILMAR en America Latina, Switzerland, 2019)
– International Press Award / Glauber Rocha, Special Jury Award, Best Sound (La Habana International Film Festival, Cuba, 2019)
– Knight MARIMBAS Award – Best Feature (Miami Film Festival, USA, 2020)
FILM FESTIVALS:
2019:
Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days) – Official Section – Italy
Toronto International Film Festival – Contemporary World Cinema – Canada
El Gouna International Film Festival – Feature Narrative Competetion – Egypt
SSIFF – Horizontes Latinos – Spain
Adana Golden Boll International Film Festival – World Cinema Special Screening – Turkey
Bergen International Film Festival – Cinema Extraordinaire – Norway
Zurich Film Festival – International Competition – Switzerland
BFI London Film Festival – Competition – UK
Gent International Film Festival – Official Competition – Belgium
Cinema Akil Dubai (Latin American film festival) – U.A.E.
Chicago International Film Festival – International Competition – USA
Sao Paulo Interational Film Festival – International Perspective – Brazil
Le Giornate Della Mostra del Cinema, Trento – Italy
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Sicilia – Italy
Tokyo International Film Festival – International Competition – Japan
Thessaloniki International Film Festival – Open Horizones – Greece
Cineuropa – Official Section “Latidoamericano”
Stockholm International Film Festival – Open Zone Competition – Sweden
Film from the South Festival – Norway
Kolkata International Film Festival – Innovage Inmovie Images – India
Peliculatina Film Festival – Cinéfilos – Belgium
FILMAR en América Latina – Switzerland
Pantalla Latina Switzerland
Movies on War Film Festival – Norway
Cartagena Film Festival – Spain
La Habana International Film Festival – Official Section – Cuba
2020:
Sundance Film Festival – Spotlight – USA
Global Dominican Film Festival – Dominican Republic
Bengaluru International Film Festival – Contemporary World Cinema – India
Miami Film Festival – USA
Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival – Spectrum – Korea
Mediterranean Film Festival Split – Out of Competition: Focus South America – Croatia
Quito International Film Festival – Closing Film – Ecuador
Latin American Film Focus Festival – Showcase – Denmark
MOTELX Lisbon International Horror Film Festival – Room Service – Portugal
Helsinki International Film Festival- Latin Film section – Finland
Praga International Film Festival – Panorama – Czech Republic