The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness

(festival title)
  • Mexico La tiricia o de comó curar la tristeza (festival title)
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Short / Drama
Mexico, 2012, 10 min

Directed by:

Ángeles Cruz

Screenplay:

Ángeles Cruz

Plots(1)

The tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations afflicted with being tiricientas: Ita, Justa and Alicia – grandmother, mother and daughter – who have at different times suffered, tolerated and allowed abuse, dragging on the disease. Alicia decides to break the cycle, eradicating it for future generations. (Guadalajara International Film Festival)

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