Cinema Tropical publicizes the U.S. premiere of the Costa Rican movie Clara Sola, the acclaimed debut function by director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén. The movie opens on Friday, July 1 on the IFC Middle in New York and on Friday, July 8 on the Landmark Westwood in Los Angeles, earlier than rolling out to different cinemas nationwide.
A favourite at Cannes Administrators’ Fortnight the place it had its world premiere, Clara Sola is to not be missed as a strong new addition to Latin American and Caribbean cinema, main the cost as a part of a brand new era of Costa Rican filmmakers—lots of them feminine administrators—taking their movies to high worldwide festivals. This launch additionally marks the primary time {that a} Costa Rican movie has circulated in the aggressive North American arthouse circuit.
CLARA SOLA (Nathalie Álvarez Mesén, Costa Rica/Sweden, 2021, 108 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Synopsis: In a distant village in Costa Rica, 40-year-old Clara endures a repressively non secular and withdrawn life beneath the command of her mom. Her uncanny affinity for creatures giant and small permits Clara to search out solace within the pure world round her. Stress builds throughout the household as Clara’s youthful niece approaches her quinceañera, igniting a sexual and mystical awakening in Clara, and a journey to free herself from the conventions which have dominated her life.
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