RAMONA

MUBI UK 2024

RAMONA (2023) by Victoria Linares Villegas
Drama Docu Fiction 82' Dominican Republic Spanish with English Subs
Awards Grand Prix Documentarie Cinelatino Rencontres Toulouse 2024 Vision Award True False 2023
Festivals Ficci 24, Cinelatino FF 24, Dublin IFF 24, IDFA 23, BFI London FF 23, AFI Latin American FF 23, FIC Valdivia 23, Guanajuato IFF 23, FICCI 23, True False 23, WP - Berlinale 2023

Preparing for a role an actress deep dives into the world of pregnant teenaged girls

'Knowing things doesn’t mean you lived them.” Feeling unprepared for her upcoming role as a 15-year-old pregnant girl from the outskirts of Santo Domingo, an actor from a more affluent background, Camila, decides to sit down with pregnant young girls for inspiration. Yet in the process, as the sorority of 15 teens candidly recount their realities on-camera, little by little they unexpectedly influence the film’s production, taking it into unchartered territory.

Initially presenting itself as a behind-the-scenes making-of, Ramona quickly becomes a hazy postmodernist mix of telenovela pastiche, observational documentary, filmed rehearsals, cinéma vérité and theatre that constantly plays with the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, reality and artifice.

''Incisive, delicate canvas' - The Film Stage
'Triumphantly conveys reality' - The Maneater
'Artful deconstruction of documentary filmmaking'- Blackstar
'Poignant depiction of joy, humanity and resilience' - Sight And Sound

Director
Victoria Linares Villegas

Screenplay
Victoria Linares Villegas, Diego Cepeda

Cinematography
Jaime Guerra

Editing
Melisa Miranda Ulloa

Music: Oscar Chabebe

Sound
Homer Mora

Production Design
Shaina Cohen

Costumes
Carolin Williams

Make-Up
Nancy Rodríguez

Casting
Gerald Vásquez

Assistant Director
Jeissy Trompiz

Production Manager
Carlos Germán

Producers
Jordi Gassó, Rafael Llaneza, Pedro García

Executive Producer
Rafael Elías Muñoz

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