Mamacita
A film by José Pablo Estrada Torrescano
This film was screened as a part of the 2019 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF22)
This feature was preceded by the short film After the Silence
Mexico/Germany, Documentary/Family/Historical/Profile, 2018
75 min, Color
Spanish with English subtitles
Mamacita is an extravagant Mexican beauty queen living in her own kingdom in the company of her loyal servants: gardener, chauffeur, chef, housekeeper, and nurses. The 95-year-old lady has turned her house into a castle, hiding the open wounds of a prominent Mexican upper class family behind its stone walls. When José Pablo went abroad to study film, Mamacita made him promise to return to Mexico one day to make a film about her life. He conquers his granny’s empire like a Trojan horse, discovering the haunted spirits of his own past and the lack of love that his entire clan has suffered from for generations.
Texas Premiere
Biofilmography
Credits
Producer: José Pablo Estrada Torrescano, Arne Birkenstock
Production Companies: Nopal Pictures, Fruitmarket
Screenwriter: José Pablo Estrada Torrescano
Cinematographer: Juan Sánchez Tamez
Editor: Mechthild Barth
Sound Design: Tom Blankenberg
Music: Carlos “Papacito” Torrescano
Cast: María del Carmen “Mamacita” Torrescano, José Pablo Estrada Torrescano
Print Source: José Pablo Estrada Torrescano, josepabloestradatorrescano@yahoo.com
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