Underplayed Gems

Campolivar (2024)

Campolivar poster
Directed by
Alicia Moncholí
Genre
documentary film, fiction
Country
Spain
Runtime
16 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A documentary-fiction hybrid where the director returns to the last place she saw her father before his death. The space becomes a reflection of her inner world, with cassette tapes and phone messages evoking a childhood marked by a difficult relationship with her father.

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What happens

Campolivar es un cortometraje híbrido ficción-documental español estrenado en 2024 de Alicia Moncholí. Realidad e imaginación se mezclan en un descenso a la infancia de la directora durante el regreso al último espacio en donde estuvo con su padre, la casa de Campolivar en Valencia. La protagonista llevaba 8 años sin hablar con su padre en el momento de que este murió en un accidente de buceo. Lo vio por última vez en la casa de Campo Olivar cuando tenía doce años.El espacio físico se convierte en un reflejo de su universo interior, desfragmentado por el paso del tiempo. Cintas de caset y mensajes telefónicos reales evocan los fantasmas de una infancia marcada por la difícil relación con la figura paterna. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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