Spanish filmmaker Carla Simón made her debut within the Cannes Movie Pageant competitors on Wednesday afternoon, world premiering her newest work, Romería, to an 11-minute ovation.

Simón, directing from her personal screenplay, right here tells the story of  Marina (Llúcia Garcia), an 18-year-old who was orphaned at a younger age, and should journey to Spain’s Atlantic coast to acquire a signature for a scholarship software from the paternal grandparents she has by no means met. She navigates a sea of latest aunts, uncles and cousins, unsure whether or not she will likely be embraced or face resistance. 

The expertise stirs long-buried feelings as Marina items collectively the fragmented and infrequently contradictory recollections of the dad and mom she barely remembers.

That is Simón’s third characteristic after Summer time 1993 (2017) and Alcarràs (2022). The latter received the Golden Bear in Berlin and was chosen as Spain’s entry for the Finest Worldwide Function Movie Oscar. These movies had been shot in the midst of the Catalonian countryside. With Romería, she embraces her Galician roots, mixing skilled and non-professional actors. 

Simón has mentioned Romería is “a movie concerning the significance of household reminiscence: and about the best way to form your id. When you’ll be able to’t form your id by way of others, you’ll be able to invent it by way of creation. Cinema is there for that: creating photos that don’t exist.”

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