En un intento fallido por reconstruir la vida de su madre Silvia, su hija busca darle sentido a una historia impregnada de violencia y negación, experimentando con las imágenes borrosas de sus padres y los recuerdos inconsistentes de sus hermanas. El filme trata sobre las divergencias que surgen en la reconstrucción de la memoria de Silvia. Es el retrato del vínculo entre una madre y sus hijas, y de las palabras no dichas que encuentran nuevos significados más allá del dolor.
Aliases
Um filme de Maria Silvia Esteve
Silvia looks dazzling in the old VHS footage of her wedding in the early 1980s—she's a beautiful woman about to embark on a promising future with a diplomat husband, and a comfortable house to live in. The home videos that follow show more highlights from her life: her first wedding anniversary, her daughters growing up, and the farewell party at the embassy. Meanwhile, the audio commentary offers a very different reality. The film's director María Silvia Esteve is the middle one of Silvia's daughters, and she and her siblings talk about their parents' gradual descent into a spiral of angry clashes, psychological problems and prescription drugs. By recounting events from their childhood, they try to get a handle on what went wrong in their family. And they wonder why their mother, with whom they had a very close relationship, never managed to improve the situation or leave their father.
español
Português - Brasil
English
