Short film

Gaps

2024 · 19 min

A quiet, painful excavation of a buried past, carried by two women's voices and the weight of what was never said.

Directed by: Sofia Esteve, Isa Luengo
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Marina Freixa Roca, Mariona Roca

Overview: Can oral history restore a forgotten part of our past? Can it break the silence perpetuated over generations? In 1969, seventeen-year-old Mariona was arrested and imprisoned in a reformatory governed by the Patronato de Protección a la Mujer (Women's Welfare Agency), which was dedicated to "regenerating fallen women" during the Francoist dictatorship. In 2023, Mariona and her daughter look back in an effort to piece together her story.

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Directed by: Sofia Esteve, Isa Luengo
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Marina Freixa Roca, Mariona Roca

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
trauma
isolation
family
gender
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Realism	10
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Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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