LA FAMILIA TORTUGA

(Turtle Family)

Spanish / English subtitles
Mexico / 2006 / 129 min
11, Sep, 2007 - 9:30 pm
Pacific Cinémathèque
Director: Rubén Imaz Castro
Screenwriters: Rubén Imaz Castro, Gabriela Vidal
Producer: Maribel Muro
Cinematographer: Gerardo Barroso Alcalá
Editor: León Felipe González Sánchez
Music: Galo Durán
Art Director: Yulene Olaizola León
Cast: José Ángel Bichir, Luisa Pardo, Manuel Plata López, Dagoberto Gama
Uncle Manuel, a remarkable man, is determined to help his adolescent niece and nephew and support his brother-in-law, an unemployed union member. On the eve of a special day, the family home is now a place where the family, amid lost dreams, is in danger of disintegration.

El tío Manuel, hombre notable, ha decidido apoyar a sus sobrinos adolescentes y ayudar a su cuñado sindicalista y desempleado. En vísperas de un día especial, la casa materna se convierte en un lugar donde la familia podría evaporarse en un mundo de sueños perdidos.
Awards: Best Opera Prima & People Choice Award Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporáneo de la Ciudad de México (FICCO) 2007 / Lino Micciche Award 43 Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema, Pesaro Italia. / Best Film Toulouse Latín American Film festival