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Facing the wind

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Mónica, a 47-year old dancer, receives a call from Spain: her father is terminally ill. After 20 years, Mónica must return to the remote village where she was born. When she arrives, her father has already passed away and her mother decides to sell the family home asking Mónica to stay to help her. Winter comes. The perpetual silence, the extreme cold and the difficulty of living with her mother are proving tough for Mónica, who takes refuge in what she knows best: dance. Facing the Wind tells the story of a family unable to communicate. It is indeed a thoughtful and loving portrait of a traditional rural lifestyle, which is beginning to disappear. It's a story about distances. But most of all, Facing the Wind is an inner journey to learn again how to live and love better.

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Marissa De La Cerda Chicago Reader The film considers the issue of uprooting in all its complexity. Oct 10, 2018 Full Review Matt Cipolla Film Monthly Even the occasional family drama is buoyed by a great use of the symbiosis of space and camera -- for the most part. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 25, 2020 Full Review Manu Yáñez Fotogramas [Director Meritxell] Aparicio claims, with humility and sensitivity, the heritage of... Yasujiro Ozu, Hou Hsiao-hsien or Naomi Kawase. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Nov 26, 2018 Full Review Jordi Costa El Pais (Spain) A fragile and beautiful film that prefers to observe - and reveal - to dramatize - or impose. [Full Review in Spanish] Nov 26, 2018 Full Review Andrea G. Bermejo Cinemanía (Spain) More than a portrait of a rural landscape, an emotional stay in it. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Nov 20, 2018 Full Review Ezequiel Boetti Otroscines.com An Intimate, playful, and deeply elegiac family drama. [Full Review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Oct 10, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Mónica, a 47-year old dancer, receives a call from Spain: her father is terminally ill. After 20 years, Mónica must return to the remote village where she was born. When she arrives, her father has already passed away and her mother decides to sell the family home asking Mónica to stay to help her. Winter comes. The perpetual silence, the extreme cold and the difficulty of living with her mother are proving tough for Mónica, who takes refuge in what she knows best: dance. Facing the Wind tells the story of a family unable to communicate. It is indeed a thoughtful and loving portrait of a traditional rural lifestyle, which is beginning to disappear. It's a story about distances. But most of all, Facing the Wind is an inner journey to learn again how to live and love better.
Director
Meritxell Colell
Producer
Carles Brugueras
Screenwriter
Meritxell Colell
Genre
Drama
Original Language
European Spanish
Runtime
1h 48m