‘Miriam lies’
Country: Dominican Republic, Spain
Year: 2018
Directors: Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada
Duration: 90min
Language: Español
Subtitles: English
Genre: fiction, drama
Age limit: 12
ONLINE + ON-SITE
Watch anytime during the festival in FesthomeTV
This movie has an on-site screening in Caisa
Thursday 22.10 at 17.00
This is film is supported by ARMA Alliance.
A quiet middle class world of good intentions begins to crumble when fourteen-year-old Miriam meets her internet boyfriend. While her family and friends prepare for her a traditional fifteen birthday party, Miriam doesn’t know how to explain that her boyfriend is black.
Hyviä tarkoitusperiä täynnä oleva keskiluokkainen maailma alkaa murentua kun 14-vuotias Miriam tapaa nettipoikaystävänsä. Sillä aikaa kun hänen perheensä ja ystävänsä valmistelevat hänelle perinteistä 15-vuotisjuhlaa, Miriam ei tiedä miten selittää, että hänen poikaystävänsä on musta.
Un tranquilo mundo de clase media comienza a desmoronarse cuando Miriam, de catorce años, conoce a su novio de internet. Mientras su familia y amigos le preparan una tradicional fiesta de quince años, Miriam no sabe cómo explicar que su novio es negro.
O mundo quieto e cheio de boas intenções de uma classe média começa a desmoronar quando Miriam, de 14 anos, conhece seu namorado virtual. Enquanto a família e os amigos de Miriam preparam sua festa tradicional de quinze anos, Miriam pensa em que como dizer que seu namorado é negro.
The Anti-Racism Media Activist Alliance joins Cinemaíssi for a Cinema in Conversation about ‘Latin American Racism in Films: From Lived Experience to Anti-Racism Action’.
The discussion follows the screening of Complexos and Miriam Miente on Thursday 22.10 at 19.00.
“None of the characters in Miriam Miente speak the word “racism”, but racism oozes in the conversations about beauty and love; in the moments of uncomfortable silence and abrupt changes in conversation.”
– Leonardo Custódio
You will find the film here on the festival week 21-25.10.2020.
Miriam Miente is available all of the festival week.
