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Home - el país de la ilusión (Home - the country of illusion)
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Lilia ha vivido en ocho países del mundo y ahora envejece en Portugal. Hace casi 40 años no regresa a su natal Colombia. ¿Por qué? Durante sus visitas a Portugal, Josephine, la hija con su cámara, acompaña a Lilia a sus rutinas diarias y trata de contestar esa pregunta. En una ¨poética del espacio¨, Josephine utiliza el apartamento de su madre para descubrir los pensamientos de Lilia, invocando sus miedos, sueños y recuerdos. La película retrata la vida de una persona, cuya identidad se encuentra entre los mundos en un “país de la ilusión”. ¿Quedará un nuevo viaje por hacer? Home - el país de la ilusión abre grandes preguntas acerca de identidad y el sentido de pertenencia. // Lilia has lived in eight countries around the world and is now growing old in Portugal. She has not returned to her native Colombia for almost 40 years. Why? During her visits to Portugal, Josephine, the daughter with her camera, accompanies Lilia in her daily routines and tries to answer that question. In a “poetics of space”, Josephine uses her mother’s apartment to discover Lilia’s thoughts, invoking her fears, dreams and memories. The film portrays the life of a person whose identity lies between worlds in a “land of illusion”. Will there be a new journey to be made? Home – the land of illusion opens up big questions about identity and the sense of belonging.
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Cast and Crew
Lilia Forero Arenas
Cast
Josephine Landertinger Forero
Producer, Director, Screenwriter
Pedro Neves
Co-Producer
Gabriel Baudet Vivanco
Editor
Andrés Silva
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1h 25min
2016
Portugal
Spanish
Global Eyes Production, Red Desert Films
Global Eyes Production
Spanish
English
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