FACING THE WIND / CON EL VIENTO

Mónica is a 47 year old dancer and choreographer who lives in Buenos Aires. For two years she has been unsuccessfully trying to stage a new dance choreography. She was born in a small village in the North of Burgos, Spain. Now, this village is almost deserted and only her parents and six other people still live there. She has not returned for twenty years. When she receives a call from her sister, telling her that their father is seriously ill, she decides to return. But when she arrives at the village, her father is already dead. After the funeral, her mother asks her to stay to help her selling the house. Actually two strangers, they now have to get to know each other and learn to live with one another.
Facing the wind is a film about the search: the search for the roots, for reconciliation with oneself and with others, for a past that is gone, for a reality that resists. A search for a language that explores the boundaries between fiction, documentary, film and dance.

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