I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS
I HAVE ELECTRIC DREAMS
Tengo sueños eléctricos. BE/FR/CR 2022. Director: Valentina Maurel. Screenplay: Valentina Maurel. 110 Min. Feature Film. Original Version with English subtitles. Suitable from age 16. Recommended from age 16.
THE RAGE THAT FLOWS THROUGH US DOES NOT BELONG TO US
No violence in the house — after separating from her daughters’ violent father and moving into an aunt’s house, this is the most important rule for Eva’s mother. But 16-year-old Eva rebels: She would much rather live with her father, whose excessive life both attracts and worries her in an unhealthy way. He writes melancholy poems, smokes wherever he likes, and compensates for self-doubt with alcohol, sex, and drugs. In vain, she demands love from him and believes she will eventually get it from his friend Dove, with whom he is temporarily living. When Eva’s physical and emotional boundaries are repeatedly crossed, she finally can’t take it anymore. (JK)
This film is being shown out of competition.
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Filmography
2019 LUCÍA EN EL LIMBO (short film)
2016 PAUL IS HERE (short film)
2015 PERFECT HOTEL (short documentary)
Production Company
Wrong Men
World Sales
Heretic Films
Biography
Valentina Maurel lives in Costa Rica and studied film in Brussels. She received the first Cinéfondation prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival for her graduation film PAUL IS HERE. LUCÍA EN EL LIMBO, her second short film shot in Costa Rica, was screened at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes and at the Toronto International Film Festival.