A sign on the gate Santa Clara convent, in Toledo, informs Toledo residents and tourists about the schedule for guided tours of its premises. Reiji is in charge of opening its doors and also keeping safe this set of Mudejar palaces that was orphaned of religious life seven years ago, when the few inhabitants who … Read more
How does a woman, isolated in a remote village in Costa Rica, prisoner of an archaic social straitjacket and religious beliefs from another time, find the path, extraordinary, of insubordination? For her first film (covered with prizes since its presentation at numerous festivals), Nathalie Alvarez Mesén, a young Swedish director, returns to the country of … Read more
Related news A 40-year-old woman from deep Costa Rica, in an almost jungle landscape, is seen by her community as a “healer.” The problem is that Clara (Wendy Chinchilla Araya) enjoys an intense spirituality and a special relationship with nature but feels uncomfortable in that position. Not only because she does not perceive herself as … Read more