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Tiempo de lluvia

Healer Soledad lives with her 7-year-old grandson José in Oaxaca, Mexico. One day her daughter Adela calls; she wants to take José with her to the city.

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Deze voorstelling maakt deel uit van Rialto Filmclub met als gastspreker deze maand Ernst-Jan Pfauth.

Tiempo de lluvia

What happens to a culture's identity and continuity when the younger generation is forced to leave for other places because they offer better prospects? This is the question director Itandehui Jansen poses in her feature debut written by herself. With globalization, questions like these are more relevant than ever, especially for Jansen herself as the daughter of a Mixtec mother and a Dutch father. The result is a poetic ode to life in small, rural communities.

The Mexican state of Oaxaca, deep in the south of the country, is the home of the Mixtec, one of the indigenous Indian peoples. It's where Soledad, a traditional healer, lives with her 7-year-old grandson José; his mother Adela, Soledad's daughter, left many years ago to work in Mexico City. One day Adela calls: she is getting married and now wants Jose to come and live with her in the city. Soledad is filled with doubt.

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De Balie
Tiempo de lluvia will be screened at De Balie on Sunday 18 August at 16:30h. Tickets for all WCA screenings at De Balie can be purchased via their website. Click here for tickets for this screening.  

ITANDEHUI JANSEN (Mexico) studied filmmaking at the Netherlands Film Academy and participated in the Binger Film Lab and Berlinale Talent Campus. She lectures in film at the University of Edinburgh. Her short film El último consejo (2012) won several international awards. Her debut feature, the micro-budget Tiempo de lluvia (2018), screened at over twenty festivals, also winning several awards.