2013
Carmita
Laura Guzmán & Israel Cárdenas
Directors Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas were working on a video when they found the story for their third film: In the early fifties, Carmen Ignarra left the island of Cuba wanting to become a Hollywood star, but her jealous husband, the Mexican producer Santiago Reachi, as she explains it herself, curtailed her career. Today Carmita survives in an old house, as a gilded cage. She tells her life to Guzmán, who actively participates in this documentary that blurs genre boundaries.
2013
Carmita
Laura Guzmán & Israel Cárdenas
Directors Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas were working on a video when they found the story for their third film: In the early fifties, Carmen Ignarra left the island of Cuba wanting to become a Hollywood star, but her jealous husband, the Mexican producer Santiago Reachi, as she explains it herself, curtailed her career. Today Carmita survives in an old house, as a gilded cage. She tells her life to Guzmán, who actively participates in this documentary that blurs genre boundaries.
Technical Sheet
2013, 80 min, DCP, Color, 1:1.66
Mexico, Argentina
3° FICUNAM – International Competition (2013)
Screenplay & Direction – Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas
Production – Aurora Dominicana
Co-production – Rei Cine, Canana
Producer – Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas
Co-producer – Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, Pablo Cruz
Cast – Carmen Ignarra, Laura Amelia Guzmán
Cinematography – Israel Cárdenas
Editing – Israel Cárdenas, Theo Court, Benjamin Domenech
Sound Design – Alejandro de Icaza
Supported by – FONCA/CONACULTA, FOPROCINE, Buenos Aires Lab (BAL)
Premieres
FICUNAM (Mexico, 2013)
Riviera Maya Film Festival (México, 2013)
Cali International Film Festival (Colombia, 2013)
Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival (Trinidad y Tobago, 2013)
Fine Arts Film Festival (República Dominicana, 2013)
RDOC / International Documentary Film Festival of the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean (República Dominicana, 2013)
