Alma Mater

A quiet, introspective plunge into one woman's strange inner world, blending mundane realism with unsettling mystical signals.

Directed by

Álvaro Buela

Genres

Drama

Starring

Roxana Blanco, Nicolás Becerra, Walter Reyno

Overview

34-year-old Pamela is a small and shy woman. She works at the cash register of a supermarket. She attends a religious temple led by a Brazilian minister. She periodically visits her autistic mother. She is an anonymous character, leading a meaningless life. Suddenly, a miracle occurs. Messages of a marvelous destiny start to reach Pamela in unusual ways: a client, a gentle and charismatic transvestite, her own mother, dreams, bar codes, real and imaginary signals. The Savior of the Next Millennium is apparently on his way and everything indicates that she, being a virgin, is carrying him on her entrails. Impelled to face herself, Pamela undertakes an inner voyage. A paradoxical voyage: the more mystic she grows to be, the more human she becomes.

How it feels

Melancholic, eerie, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Faith, identity, isolation, loneliness

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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