Premiere in the German-language Realm
La Llorona
by Jayro Bustamante
Country / Year
Guatemala, France / 2019
Duration
97 Min.
Languages
Spanish
Kaqchikel
Ixil
Subtitles
English
German
Genre
Tags
Direction
Jayro Bustamante
Cast
María Mercedes Coroy,
Margarita Kénefic,
Sabrina de la Hoz,
Julio Díaz,
María Telón,
Ayla-Elea Hurtado,
Juan Pablo Olyslager
Thirty years after the civil war in Guatemala, the unscrupulous, now aged General Enrique is in court to answer for his former crimes. Despite the overwhelming proof and outraged demonstrators, he is acquitted and set free to enjoy the rest of his days. However, when Enrique suddenly begins to behave strangely and is no longer able to sleep at night, his relatives suspect Alzheimer’s while he remains convinced that he hears the distinct and unbearable weeping of a woman. No one in the house suspects it yet, but the arrival of the new housekeeper Alma marks the simultaneous arrival of an inexorable spirit; a wandering soul that has come to haunt the General and his wife.