MEZQUITE’S HEART (Corazón de Mezquite/Mexico)
(74 min; 2019; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Ana Laura Calderón
The film will be introduced by H.E. Mr. Federico Salas Lofte, Ambassador of Mexico
Recipient of The City of Malmö Children’s Film Award for Best Film, Buff International Film Festival 2021; and Schlingel Award, Children’s Competition, International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience Schlingel 2020
A girl in northern Mexico dreams of healing her father's broken heart by going against tradition and playing the harp.
Lucía belongs to the Yoreme people and lives a secluded life with her father, a harp player, and her grandparents in a small village in Sonora, Mexico. Lucía’s father Fidel cannot get over the death of his wife and drowns his grief in alcohol. The little girl’s biggest wish is to play the traditional harp like her father, to touch his heart and be loved by him again.
