BACK TO LAS MARAVILLAS

Directed by Roberth Mendoza

2023 / 20min

Leo (27) returns to Las Maravillas, his mining town in southern Ecuador, because Tiberio (60s), his macho father, is dying. Returning reunites him with Ricardo (27), a miner who was his first love and also confronts his true identity with his father. As he navigates the reunion and the farewell, Clarita (45), a trans woman and Shaman, will teach him that we are more than what we can see.