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A playful literary adventure, the debut feature from Lorena Alvarado preciously mines the personal to find resonance within the crucial moment currently facing Venezuela. Returning to Caracas after years living abroad, Ena spends the summer caring for her grandmother, Mamama, while helping her father, Ignacio, with his semi-defunct book business. Mamama’s memory is fading, but Ena delicately keeps her mind active, showing her old photos and reminiscing about the past. Recently shuttered, Ignacio’s bookshop was devoted to preserving Venezuela’s cultural history. While helping clear its shelves, Ena finds a hidden message inside a forgotten book that alludes to the first novel to mention the deep oil reserves in Venezuela, “Elvira” by Daniel Rojas. But after a cursory search doesn not turn up any results, Ena and Ignacio set out on a citywide search for the mysterious book. –Josh Gardner
Official Selection, 2024 Locarno Film Festival; 2025 New Directors/New Films. DIR/SCR/PROD Lorena Alvarado; PROD José Ostos. Venezuela/U.S., 2024, color, 67 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Run Time: 67 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, September 27, 2025
Genre: Mystery
