The Red Travel Kit

El Neceser Rojo
Director
Serge Garcia
Year
2023
Runtime
19 min
Country
Mexico, United States
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
English

Synopsis

The filmmaker's mother recalls her own mother and childhood in the 1960s bouncing between Mexico and California. Her mother's small red vanity case becomes a symbol of her independence as a woman and also of her inaccessibility as a maternal figure. Set against a tableau of shots in present day Mexico City, the film becomes an intimate intergenerational portrait about growing up with an unconventional single mother.

Screenings

15:00

Auditorio Mateo Herrera

Official Selection Mexico: My chest is full of Sparks

Saturday 20.7.
16:30

Auditorio Miguel Malo | Centro Cultural Ignacio Ramírez "El Nigromante"

Official Selection Mexico: My chest is full of Sparks

Tuesday 23.7.
16:00

Cinemex Jacarandas | Sala 10

Official Selection Mexico: My chest is full of Sparks

Sunday 28.7.

Cast and crew

Director
Serge Garcia
Producer
Trouble Pictures
Writer
Azalea Aguilar, Azalea Aguilar
Cast
Azalea Aguilar , Jazmin Garcia
Editor
Serge Garcia
dop
Edson Reyes

Director's bio:
Serge Garcia is a Berlin based filmmaker from Los Angeles. He is of Mexican and Guatemalan descent. In 2024 he was awarded the Joaquim Jordá residency in Madrid by the Museo Reina Sofia, FID Marseille, and DocLisboa. Founded in 2018, Trouble Pictures is the studio and home for his hand-crafted productions. It is an evolving experiment with a focus on fiction and documentary filmmaking.

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