EL AGUA

Showings

THEATER 1 Thu, Mar 9, 2023 6:00 PM
THEATER 1 Fri, Mar 31, 2023 6:00 PM
Film Info
Runtime:104
Release Year:2022
Genre:Drama
Romance
Production Country:France
Spain
Switzerland
Original Language:Spanish
Format:Digital
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Elena López Riera
Cast:Bárbara Lennie
Nieve de Medina
Luna Pamiés
Alberto Olmo
Irene Pellicer
Screenwriter:Elena López Riera
Philippe Azoury

Description

In Elena Lo´pez Riera’s assured and daring debut, it is summertime in southeastern Spain. Teenage Ana and her friends pass the time smoking, drinking, and dreaming up how they’ll escape their decaying village. When she falls in love with the out-of-towner Jose´, Ana’s grandmother and mother warn her of an impending storm, one that threatens to cause the cursed river to overflow and sweep Ana and her beauty away, as it has for generations of other local women. Under a crackling sky, Riera blends magical realism, documentary, and mysticism into a stunning, naturalist folktale about the desire to break free of tradition – and love without consequence.