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Amidst the sociopolitical and economic crisis of 1990s Lima, Perú, travel agent Elena (Jimena Lindo) wants to move her daughters Lucia (Abril Gjurinovic) and Aurora (Luana Vega) to Minnesota for a safer life, but needs their absentee father “El Loco” Carlos (Gonzalo Molina) to sign their travel documents. When the charismatic Carlos (Gonzalo Molina) rolls up in his beat-up taxi car, spinning tall tales about his multi-hyphenate profession (actor, crocodile hunter, secret government agent), his daughters, who he affectionately calls his “Reinas,” barely remember him. With but a brief window before the girls are relocated, Carlos tries to make up for lost time.

Winner of the Generation Kplus Grand Prix at the Berlinale celebrating films for youth and everybody else, Reinas draws inspiration from director Klaudia Reynicke’s childhood memories of Lima. A muted colour scheme imbues the film with the nostalgic quality of a faded photograph. Through heartwarming comedic sensibilities and grounded dramatic social tensions, Reynicke and Diego Vega’s beautifully understated script weaves a poignant story of sisterhood, summer heartbreaks, and tender goodbyes.

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Inserting a family’s intimate tribulations into a broader historical canvas, Reynicke proves her cleverness by balancing a bit of grounded wonder with the perilous reality… It’s only by zeroing on those directly affected at ground level that history acquires a human face.

Carlos Aguilar, Variety

Director

Klaudia Reynicke

Cast

Abril Gjurinovic, Luana Vega, Gonzalo Molina, Jimena Lindo, Susi Sánchez

Credits
Country of Origin

Peru/Switzerland/Spain

Year

2024

Language

In Spanish with English subtitles

Awards

Grand Prix: Generation Kplus, Berlin 2024

19+
104 min
Alva Film

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Credits

Producer

Britta Rindelaub, Thomas Reichlin, Daniel Vega, Diego Vega, Valérie Delpierre

Screenwriter

Klaudia Reynicke, Diego Vega

Cinematography

Diego Romero Suarez Llanos

Editor

Paulo Freddi, Francesco de Matteis

Art Director

Susana Torres

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