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Reinas

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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.

 

Grand Prix: Generation Kplus, Berlin 2024

Director
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

Film Contact
18+

At International Village

19+

At Fifth Avenue

104 min
Award Winners Drama Family Relations Women Directors
Alva Film

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Credits & Director

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

Klaudia Reynicke headshot; Reinas director

Klaudia Reynicke

Klaudia Reynicke, a Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker, grew up across Peru, Switzerland, and the USA. With a background in Fine Arts and Social Sciences, she began filmmaking at NYU’s Tisch School of Arts in 2005, later earning a filmmaking Master’s from ECAL – HEAD in Switzerland. Her debut, Il Nido (2016), competed at the Locarno Film Festival, followed by Love Me Tender (2019) which had its international Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Her upcoming film, Reinas (2024) will premiere at the Sundance 2024 in the World Cinema competition.

Filmography: Il Nido (2016); Love Me Tender (2019)

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