“Alba ‘Helmer Ana Cristina Barragan Debitura’ The Ivi ‘in Venice Horizon

Repetitive topics go through Ana Cristina BarraganThe third characteristic of “Ivi” (Hiedra “), which world premiere of September 3. September in Venice’s sidebar. As in its first two very personal films”Alba“And”Octagonal skin“, Her protagonists are young.

“I think these three films are connected in some way. Everyone follows the characters who, for various reasons, are not completely in the world,” whether it isolation, isolation or abandonment, “they say Barragan inserted all three in his hometown Ecuador.

“Ivi” follows Azucena, 30 years old, and Julio, in the late teenagers, who greeted from very different backgrounds. Azucena approaches Julio, who lives in a foster home, for a reason not realized. Their time together are given in a peaceful closeness, transferring a relationship that neither of them see comes.

“With” ivy “, once again, my childhood wounds – but this time, through the body, through how those early scars manifest physically,” something was always interested in abandonment – how it leaves her grade on the body, how physically manifests her. And also, how the state of post-traumatic stress can be left after the experiences of abuse. ”

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“So, for me, something with the source I drew, something I wanted to investigate. It is carried by a type of symbolic weight that is right for what I am trying to express,” she says at her choice of titles.

With the exception of Simona, which plays acute “, most cast iron, led by Francis Eddu Llumikuing, who played Julio.

There is something about childhood and adolescence – and the wounds formed during those years remain with us for life – it really intrigues me. I also really enjoy working with adolescents because I feel something hypnotic, something raw, “she says Variety.

“Work with unprofessional actors adds it,” she says. “Eddu and other boys are natural actors who already carry certain depth and life experience in them. You can see it in their gests, in their faces, in the way space.”

In order to prepare them for their roles, they spent about five months in the acting workshop with the regular team of Barragan. “We’ve spent a lot of time before taking that trust and a little bit we researched improvisation – doing a lot of exercises that had nothing to do with them. Throughout it, we gradually discovered their characters and relate to them.

“Ivi” products Boton Films (Ecuador), BHD movies (Mexico), Promotion of the cinema south (France) and Guspira movies (Spain).

Mexico Karla Souza (“diving”) who helped develop the project and will initially play leadership, had to slaughter and serve as an executive producer.

After Toronto, Barragan takes his film on San Sebastian Film Festival where she developed her scenario while enrolled in a prestigious city Elias Cuerejeta Film School.

The drama won a special award and CCAS award in Cinelatino Toulouse movies during 2025.

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