FILM
¿Dónde están sus historias? (Where Are Their Stories?)
Nicolás Pereda
Mexico / Canada, 2007
35mm (Video). 73min. Color20:00h
Cines Maldà18:00h
Cines MaldàProduction: Catalina Pereda, enchingafilms@gmail.com, +1 416 766 1538
Photography: Alejandro Coronado
Editor: Nicolás Pereda
Screenplay: Nicolás Pereda
Actors: Gabino Rodríguez, Teresa SánchezSinopsis: Vicente is a young farmer who lives with his ailing grandmother in a small rural town in Mexico. When his aunt and uncle come back from the United States and threaten to sell his grandmother's land from under her, he sets out on a journey to Mexico City seeking justice. He stays in the capital with his mother in the house where she works as a maid for an upper-middle-class family. They haven't seen each other since Vicente was a child and, in unfamiliar surroundings, Vicente has to face up to the reality of getting to know his mother and his increasing impossible search for justice.
Bio: Nicolás Pereda (Mexico City, 1980) has made a number of short films, including Cycle and This Film is Not a Thriller. In 2007 he took a Master's Degree in fine arts at York University in Toronto. ¿Dónde están sus historias? is his first feature film.
