My chest is full of sparks
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My father dies. Days later, my mother escapes to Turkey to meet her secret Facebook lover. I suggest to my mother that we communicate through video letters. My mother, who gave up singing to raise me, finds freedom for the first time away from home. The video correspondences reveal our attempts to see each other through a shaky emotional journey. Alone, in the midst of filming this movie, I realize that I want to transition gender and change my name. An extraordinary journey of self-discovery, a mother and a child who always wanted to be more.
Screenings
Auditorio Mateo Herrera
Official Selection Mexico: My chest is full of Sparks
Auditorio Miguel Malo | Centro Cultural Ignacio Ramírez "El Nigromante"
Official Selection Mexico: My chest is full of Sparks
Cinemex Jacarandas | Sala 10
Official Selection Mexico: My chest is full of Sparks
Cast and crew
Director's bio:
Gal S. Castellanos. 1991. Writer, director, researcher. Graduated in Audiovisual Arts from the Image and Sound Department (DIS) at the University of Guadalajara. Interdisciplinary artist. Faithful practitioner of the cinema of the ordinary. Transitional and queer inhabitant. Works with experimental narratives and the exploration of self-reference as a performative and social device.
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