Plot
Seven years old Vera lives in the big city but spends the holidays in his grandparents' little town, an agricultural area where tobacco used to be a monoculture. Her summer starts with an exciting adventure: she discovers a fascinating giant creature at her grandparents' deserted tobacco barn.
Nieves is a teenager who feels caged in this little town. Nieves’ father is one of the few tobacco farmers left in the area, and he forces his daughter to help out at the family's barn. Both Nieves and Vera embark themselves on parallel adventures, connected to the magical creature that will change the way they see their own reality.
Full Cast and Crew
Director:
Rocío Mesa
Guion:
Rocío Mesa
Production:
La Claqueta PC, La Cruda Realidad, Secaderos La Película AIE, Un Capricho de Producciones, Amplitud INC
Film Editing:
Diana Toucedo
Cinematography:
Alana Mejía González
Cast:
Ada Mar Lupiáñez
Vera Centenera
Jennifer Ibáñez
Eduardo Santana Jiménez
Cristina Eugenia Segura Molina
Tamara Arias
José Sáez Conejero
Pedro Camacho Rodríguez
Music:
Paloma Peñarrubia
Sound:
Joaquín Pachón
Awards
Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián 2022
Premio Dunia Ayaso
Premio New Directors Award
SXSW Film Festival 2023
SXSW Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award
Rocío Mesa
Rocío Mesa is a Spanish filmmaker, producer and programmer based in California. Her practice focuses on independent and experimental cinema, with works that have been screened at festivals such as SEFF, BAFICI, Festival des cinémas différents et expérimentaux de Paris, Camara Lucida, L'Alternativa...etc. Rocío Mesa is the artistic director of "LA OLA - Independent Films from Spain", an organization focused on the promotion of Spanish avant-garde cinema in North America since 2015.
She has worked as a programmer for organizations such as the LA Film Festival or Art House Theater Day. Rocío Mesa is the founder of the production company My Deer Films and has produced feature films like Mbah Jhiwo / Alma Anciana by Álvaro Gurrea, premiered at Berlinale Forum 2021 and selected at prominent festivals such as Viennale. Mesa was named by Variety as "one of the 10 most promising women in the Spanish film industry".