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Cinema Tucsón Presents VALENTINA OR THE SERENITY

  • Fox Tucson Theatre 17 West Congress Street Tucson, AZ, 85701 United States (map)

VALENTINA OR THE SERENITY
(Ángeles Cruz, Mexico, 2023, 85 min. In Spanish and Mixtec with English subtitles)
Q&A with director Angeles Cruz

Mexican filmmaker Ángeles Cruz returns to her Indigenous community in Oaxaca for her second feature, a tender tale of loss inspired by her own childhood. Valentina’s world shatters when her beloved father drowns in a nearby river. Refusing to accept the body at the funeral, she becomes convinced he’s still alive and will return. Her conviction deepens after she falls into the same river and hears his voice speaking Mixtec—a language she’s never learned. As she waits for another message, Valentina enlists her friend Pedro to teach her Mixtec, even as her belief begins to affect her family and school life. Valentina or the Serenity is an exploration of love and mortality through a child’s eyes, and ultimately an uplifting ode to life.

Wednesday, May 28, 7pm
Fox Tucson Theatre
17 West Congress St., Tucson, AZ

Watch the trailer:

 
 
Earlier Event: May 22
20th Anniversary Screening of DUCK SEASON
Later Event: June 25
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Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.
They are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
in partnership with the City Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.