La Arrancada (On the starting line)

synopsis

Jenniffer is a young sportswoman questioning her career as a national athlete in Cuba. Her mother, Marbelis, is the disciplined boss of a public fumigation center in downtown Havana. As Yeyo, the younger brother, is getting ready to leave the country, Jenniffer’s deeper aspirations become more evident, while Marbelis is confronted to the possibility of the departure of both her children.

This family chronicle in Cuba today unfolds the portrait of two generations of women in a country in full transition.

about the director

Aldemar Matias (1985) is a Brazilian film director, EICTV graduate in 2014, living in Barcelona. His last short documentary film El enemigo was selected at Visions du Réel, Dok Leipzig, True/False, and awarded at San Sebastián (Encuentro de Estudiantes). La Arrancada is his first feature film.