Valentina o la serenidad
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Valentina o la serenidad
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Valentina or the Serenity
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Release Date / Fecha de estreno
2023
Language / Idioma
Spanish / español
Indigenous / indígena
Country / País
Production Company / Compañía de Producción
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía - IMCINE (México)
Description / Descripción
Valentina anda por los nueve años, usa un trapo de la casa como capa y se convierte en una superheroína con poderes sobre el viento, la tierra y los árboles. Pero un suceso inesperado la devasta: su padre fallece en un accidente y debe lidiar con su ausencia: reconocer a la muerte y reaprender la vida que sigue, a pesar de aquella. (Film Affinity ES)
Mexican filmmaker Ángeles Cruz returns to her Indigenous community of Villa Guadalupe for her second feature film, a tenderly poignant tale of loss inspired by her own childhood. Valentina’s life is shattered when her beloved father drowns in a nearby river. Refusing to accept the body at the funeral as his, Valentina becomes convinced he’s still alive and will return home. Her conviction deepens when she accidentally falls into the same river and hears his voice speaking in Mixtec, a language she’s never learned. Valentina’s unwavering belief affects her grieving family and begins to impact her schoolwork as she waits by the river for another message, enlisting her friend Pedro to teach her Mixtec. An exploration of love and mortality from a child’s perspective, Valentina or the Serenity is ultimately an uplifting ode to life. (Pragda)
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“Valentina o la serenidad,” Cinegogía, accessed December 9, 2025, https://cinegogia.omeka.net/items/show/1001.