CREATURA
Special Features: Closing Night. Special Presentation. Q&A with filmmaker Elena Martín Gimeno, plus post-screening wine reception sponsored by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C.
A powerful and frank story of a young woman's sexual awakening and repression, filmmaker Elena Martín Gimeno (JÚLIA IST) stars as Mila, a 35-year-old struggling with her own desires. Moving into her family's former vacation home, Mila is ready to build a new life with her boyfriend Marcel (Oriol Pla, PETRA, TRUMAN). But despite her best efforts, her body rejects her efforts at intimacy, breaking out in hives. Desperate to make sense of her psyche, Mila dives into her memories, remembering her burgeoning impulses and the way men responded to them as both an impressionable teen and a curious toddler. Gimeno gives a fearless performance working from a script she co-wrote with fellow Catalan filmmaker and screenwriter Clara Roquet (10,000KM, LIBERTAD). CREATURA won the Europa Cinemas Award for Best European Film in the Directors' Fortnight competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival. DIR/SCR Elena Martín Gimeno; SCR Clara Roquet; PROD Jake Cheetham, Tono Folguera, Stefan Schmitz, Pau Suris. Spain, 2023, color, 112 min. In Catalan with English subtitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 114 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, December 16, 2023
Genre: Drama