SILVER

Lima, summer of 1992: amid social and political unrest in Peru, Elena (an intensely understated Jimena Lindo) receives a promising job offer in Minnesota. She plans to escape her turbulent homeland with her daughters Aurora (Luana Vega) and Lucia (Abril Gjurinovic) in tow — but their estranged father, Carlos (Gonzalo Molina), must sign the necessary paperwork first. The girls and their father cherish reconnecting, but their encounters — and Carlos' perpetual unreliability — further complicate an already difficult moment in the children's lives. Swiss-Peruvian director Klaudia Reynicke's third feature is a subtle, elegiac tale of a family on the precipice of change grounded in a specific historical context that illuminates the struggles faced by parents seeking the best for their children. Official Selection, 2024 Sundance, Berlin film festivals. DIR/SCR Klaudia Reynicke; SCR/PROD Diego Vega; PROD Valérie Delpierre, Thomas Reichlin, Britta Rindelaub, Daniel Vega. Peru/Spain/Switzerland, 2024, color, 104 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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