Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Nicol RUIZ 2020 Chile Feature color 72min Spanish DCP
Claudina is a traditional woman from the countryside. After the pass away of her husband, she gets into a lonely routine. Having a difficult economic situation, Claudina has to move with her dearest grandson Cristóbal, and her daughter Alejandra, knowing that both women have a distanced relationship. Living together, Claudina meets the neighbor Elsa, an independent and married woman, who invites to Claudina to discover real love. Since then, she develops a journey of self-knowledge to be free, under the judgment of her daughter and friends on a religious and conservative little town, obsessed with UFO sighting.

Director

Nicol RUIZ

Born in 1988, in the south of Chile, Nicol studied filmmaking at Universidad Mayor. During 2016, she launched the filming plan for her first feature film Forgotten Roads, focusing on women's stories. Right now, Nicol is in the developing process of her second feature film.

Nicol RUIZ

Directer, Screentwriter: Nicole Ruiz

Executive Producer: Catalina FONTECILLA, Nicol RUIZ, Victor ROJAS

Cinematographer: Victor ROJAS Art

Directer: Melisa NICITICH

Sound: Isaac MORENO

Editor: Mayra MORAN

Music: Santiago JARA

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