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[ESTIU 1993]
Winner of the Best First Feature Award at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival, Catalan director Carla Simón's poignant debut is drawn from her own childhood experiences. Bringing the viewer into the upended world of six-year-old Frida (Laia Artigas) following her mother's death, Simón traces the young girl's confusion as she moves to the countryside to live with her aunt's family. The adjustment is far from easy and Frida is not sure she actually needs — or wants — a new family. Without sentimentality, Simón expertly and honestly captures the feeling of a being a small child adrift in the world, and the heroic patience and imagination required of her new guardians to anchor her and tell her she's loved. Best First Feature Award, Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury, 2017 Berlin International Film Festival; Best Director, 2017 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema; Dunia Ayaso Award, Golden Biznaga, 2017 Málaga Spanish Film Festival; Official Selection, 2017 London, Busan, Chicago film festivals. DIR/SCR Carla Simón; SCR Valentina Viso; PROD Valérie Delpierre. Spain, 2017, color, 97 min. In Catalan with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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