BY THE SEA
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TUESDAY, JUNE 18 @ 6:30 P.M.
Consulate General of Argentina in NY
12 West 56th Street
New York, NY 10019
ORIGINAL TITLE:
COMO EL MAR
DIRECTOR(S):
Nicolás Gil Lavedra
COUNTRY:
Argentina, Uruguay
DATE COMPLETED:
2024
LENGTH OF FILM:
97 min
FILM CATEGORY:
Drama
PRODUCER(S):
Victoria Aizenstat, Mauro Guevara, Diego Robino, Santiago López, Lilia Scenna
CAST:
Sofia Gala Castiglione & Zoe Hochbaum
A moving and surprising story of mothers and daughters, COMO EL MAR follows a road trip filled with discovery.
After the death of her mother, teenager Azul receives a second life-alerting shock: her much older sister Paula is actually her mother. The two cross into Uruguay in order to deliver the news to their aunt Mecha—played by Spanish screen legend and director Pedro Almodóvar regular, Carmen Maura—and to take a journey of revealed family truths and resplendent seaside beauty. Azul and Paula’s already fraught relationship will be tested to redefine itself, resulting in a film deeply connected to each woman’s emotional experience and the hope for their shared future.
Nicolás Gil Lavedra
Nicolas Gil Lavedra was born in Buenos Aires. He is a producer, screenwriter, and director. “Lost Identity,” his first short film, was screened in over twenty international and national festivals. His next work was a documentary for Argentine Public Television, “Present History.” In 2011, he directed “True Truths,” his debut feature based on the life of Estela de Carlotto (president of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo), which competed in over thirty international and national festivals. In 2015, he filmed an epilogue for his film with Estela reunited with her grandson Guido after more than 36 years. In 2018, his film “Las Grietas de Jara” (The Buildings’ Cracks) an adaptation of Claudia Piñeiro’s novel of the same name, starring Oscar Martínez, Joaquín Furriel, Soledad Villamil, Santiago Segura, Laura Novoa, and Zoe Hochbaum opened in Argentina and Spain. By the Sea is his third feature film.