Casa Blanca (12+)
Poland, Maxico, 2015, colour, 61 min.
Director: Aleksandra Maciuszek
Director: Aleksandra Maciuszek
Casa Blanca is a small fishing village on the Gulf of Havana. Nelsa (76) and her son Vladimir (37), who has Down syndrome, share a tiny room in an overcrowded multi-family building. Vladimir is the only caretaker for ailing Nelsa, and Nelsa is the only person to watch over Vladimir, who easily gets into trouble. Their relationship is filled with conflicts: she is trying to control her son, while he prefers to help fishermen at work, have fun and drink rum with them, rather than spend time with his mother. Every day Nelsa wanders the streets of Casa Blanca in search of her only child not returning home early. One day, she falls ill.
AWARDS
Krakow Film Festival, 2015 (Krakow, Poland): “Silver Horn” for the Best International Documentary, “Golden Hobby-Horse” for the Best Polish film.
Russian premier
Aleksandra Maciuszek
Aleksandra Maciuszek
was born in Krakow, graduate of Cultural Studies at the Jagiellonian University and documentary film directing in the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. Before her studies she worked in NGOs and cultural institutions in Poland, Spain and Mexico. Her thesis film “Previous Scenes” (“Escenas Previas”, 2012) won multiple awards at international film festivals. “Casa Blanca” is her debut feature documentary.
FILMOGRAPHY
Previous Scenes, 2012; Casa Blanca, 2015.
Poland, Maxico, 2015, colour, 61 min.
Director: Aleksandra Maciuszek
Director: Aleksandra Maciuszek
Casa Blanca is a small fishing village on the Gulf of Havana. Nelsa (76) and her son Vladimir (37), who has Down syndrome, share a tiny room in an overcrowded multi-family building. Vladimir is the only caretaker for ailing Nelsa, and Nelsa is the only person to watch over Vladimir, who easily gets into trouble. Their relationship is filled with conflicts: she is trying to control her son, while he prefers to help fishermen at work, have fun and drink rum with them, rather than spend time with his mother. Every day Nelsa wanders the streets of Casa Blanca in search of her only child not returning home early. One day, she falls ill.
AWARDS
Krakow Film Festival, 2015 (Krakow, Poland): “Silver Horn” for the Best International Documentary, “Golden Hobby-Horse” for the Best Polish film.
Russian premier