Signals (Señales)

Showing In

Cachada, The Opportunity (Cachada)
Home Viewing Fri, Oct 16, 2020

On the busy streets of one of El Salvador’s most impoverished neighborhoods, five struggling single mothers create a play rooted in shared traumas, leading to a powerful and cathartic live performance in this unforgettable debut feature from writer/director Marlén Viñayo, Audience Award winner at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival.

Ticket Prices
General Public:$10.00
Members:$5.00
Film Info
Original Title:Señales
Premiere Status:Minnesota Premiere
Festival Programs:Cine Latino
Women in Film
Tags:Documentary
Women Directors
Women's Rights
Latino/Hispanic/Iberian
Release Year:2020
Runtime:4 min
Country/Region:El Salvador
Language:Spanish
Cast/Crew
Director:Andrea Orellana
Cinematographer:Camilo Henríquez
Screenwriter:Andrea Orellana
Editor:Andrea Orellana

Description

Screening before the feature film Cachada, The Opportunity.

Blanca Regalado witnessed the femicide of her sister, Susan Regalado, at the hands of her husband. Blanca recounts the horror that Susan lived with her life partner, with whom she had been married for 21 years and ended up stabbing her in her bed next to her children.


In this year when we cannot gather in person, and when you, our valued audience, cannot come to Cine Latino, Cine Latino will come to you - as CINE LATINO AT HOME / EN CASA! Cine Latino, the region’s only showcase of Latin American and Ibero cinema, features a rich tapestry of narrative and documentary films from across the globe from some of the world’s most acclaimed and up-and-coming Spanish- and Portuguese-language filmmakers.