LA HOJARASCA
SYNOPSIS
Three sisters meet in La Palma to divide up a family legacy. They gather almonds, share memories but also quarrel, reliving past family disputes. However, what good is it to battle for territory that the volcano might eventually bury?
Opera prima, Balearic Premiere.
With the presence of the director.
Why must you see it?
A short family story, a few dialogues, and marvellous filming. With those three elements, Macu Machín weaves a rural drama of imposing sadness and unease. Three sisters, united and disunited by love, meet again in their living space, a remote place in La Palma island, in Canary Islands. Through the interpretation of their relationship and an exquisite soundtrack work, a complex
atmosphere of feelings as superficial as they are transcendent is born, wrapped in an imposing nature and a threatening volcano that prevents us from forgetting the eternal volatility of being.
Miquel Martí Freixas
Macu Machín
(Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) has a lengthy history as a short filmmaker. As a filmmaker, he has transitioned from observational filmmaking (Geometría de invierno) to found footage (Quemar las naves), with a focus on capturing both reality and transcendence (el Mar inmóvil). With the production company El Viaje Films, he is now working on La hojarasca, his first feature film set in the unique universe of his own family
Year: 2023
Country: Spain
Length: 72 min
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Writer & Director: Macu Machín
Producers: Jose Alayón, José M. Viña, Jamie Weiss, Jairo López
Editing: Emma Tusell, Manuel Muñoz Rivas, Ariadna Ribas
