Regie Gloria Carrión Fonseca, Nicaragua, 2017, Dokumantarfilm, 88 Min. * Produzent anwesend
Sprache: Spanisch
Drehbuch: Gloria Carrión Fonseca
Produzent: Gloria Carrión Fonseca
Nominierungen:
-IDFA (World Premiere) Netherlands 2017
-Costa Rica International Film Festival (Central America Premiere) Costa Rica 2017
-Festival Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana – Cuba 2017
-Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara – México 2018
I was born with the Sandinista Revolution (1979-1989) and grew up under the fear and fascination over the war and military power of the U.S. My parents fell in love in the midst of the struggle against the Somocista Dictatorship. With them, I experienced the rise and fall of the revolutionary dream. Now, 36 years later, I begin a search of that past through a kaleidoscope of memories that will challenge the myth of the revolution, redeeming the pain caused by collective amnesia.
"In 1979 Nicaragua, a dictatorship that lasted decades has been overthrown and the revolutionary Sandinistas have taken over. As far as young Gloria is concerned, they are superheroes—particularly as her parents are on the front line of the coup and subsequent civil war. But the revolution takes its toll—her parents’ dedication to the cause means they have little time for their children. Years later, their adult daughter turns to the camera as she touches on painful subjects relating to her parents. This results in candid, searing discussions about torture, tragic deaths, doubt, disillusionment and parenting, which always took second place to the greater good. In a way, Heiress of the Wind is a highly personal film, with Gloria narrating her own memories in voice-over. Extensive use of archive footage also presents us with a clear historical impression of a changing Nicaragua."
Heiress of the wind im International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
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