Canción a una dama en la sombra

Song to a Lady in the Shadow

Carolina Astudillo

Spain

2021

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Synopsis

After fighting for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, a man goes into exile in France. His wife stays with his children in a Catalan village to wait for him and she starts working in a factory to support the family. He writes her many letters, but the years go by and he does not return. A Greek chorus tells stories of the many Penelopes who did not fall into the trap of weaving and impassively waiting after the end of the civil war.

Director biography

Carolina Astudillo

Carolina Astudillo Muñoz (Santiago de Chile) is a documentary filmmaker, researcher and teacher. Degree in Social Communication from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Postgraduate Diploma in Film Studies from the Universidad Católica de Chile and MA in Creative Documentary from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

She has developed and focused her work on historical research, documentary creation and writing, and women and historical memory have been her pivotal theme.

Her documentaries De monstruos y faldas (Of Monsters and Skirts – 2008), Lo indecible (The Unspeakable – 2012), El deseo de la Civilización: Notas para El gran vuelo (The desire of Civilization: Notes for The Great Flight – 2014) and Un paseo por New York Harbor (A cruise through New York Harbor – 2019) have been awarded and exhibited in festivals such as Mar del Plata, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Festival de Málaga Cine Español and Biarritz Amérique Latine.

Since 2016 she has been a member of the Spanish Academy of Arts and Film Sciences (AACCE).

Credits

Language

Spanish, Catalan, French - Subtitles in spanish and english

Music

Carles Mestre Ubach

Director

Carolina Astudillo

Screenplay

Carolina Astudillo

Cinematography

Américo Aytán

Editing

Ana Pfaff

Sound

Alejandra Molina

Production

Mikel Mas Bilbao

Contact

caroniella@gmail.com

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