Pequeñas mentiras piadosas / Paola Ciocca, Enrico Bona, Andrea Prandstraller, Adrià Lahuerta, Carlota Coloma present a film by Niccolò Bruna ; produced by Progetto Cataclisma and 15-L. Films, in association with Babydoc Film, La Bottega dell'Immagine ; produced by Paola Ciocca.

Brooklyn, NY : Pragda, [2016]

©2016

1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color and black-and-white ; 4 3/4 in.

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"From her tiny office overlooking the U.S. Interests Section, 58-year old Lourdes counsels thousands of Cubans seeking a U.S. travel visa. She coaches them on answering tricky questions, fine-tuning their stories so they have a better chance of succeeding. They come from every walk of life and from all over Cuba to unveil their own life stories at the 'Oficina del amor' (Office of Love), as she's baptized it. Despite helping others to travel, she has never been able to visit her own mother, son, brothers, grandsons, and nephews in Florida. '[I] quench the thirst of others every day, yet there is not a drop of water for me,' she says sadly. After a long wait, Lourdes' time has finally come: her interview is set. Her dream to visit her dying mother, who emigrated during the sixties, has never been so close. Will she be able to travel and finally overturn her destiny of forced separation"--Container.

Parallel title in English on container and subtitles: Travel agent

Images / Video & Film

Spanish

June 15, 2016

Director, Niccolò Bruna; subject and screenplay, Niccolò Bruna, Enrico Bona, Andrea Prandstraller; camera, Erik Delgado Ordonqui, Niccolò Bruna; editors, Adrià Laheurta, Enrico Giovannone; music, Minus & Plus;

DVD-R, NTSC, region 0; widescreen; stereo.

PRG-137R Pragda