Tótem

Film - 2023

7,5

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Tótem it's a movie with Naíma Sentíes, Monserrat Marañón, Marisol Gasé, Saori Gurza, Teresita Sánchez Full cast. Directed by Lila Avilés. Original title Tótem, runtime 95 minutes. Genre Drama.

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Emiliano Baglio

Tótem – My sun Portrait of a family, reunited for a birthday that feels like farewell, seen through the eyes of little Sol. Little Sol (Naíma Sentíes) and her mother Lucia (Iazua Larios) while joking in the bathroom. Shortly after the two get into the car, when they pass under a bridge they play holding their breath and then both express a wish. The joy fades and Sol's thoughts immediately go to his father Tonatiuth (Mateo Garcia). From the beginning , Tótem, Lila Avilés' second feature film, shows the two emotions between which she will oscillate; joy mixed with pain in a bittersweet mix in which love will still predominate; always and despite everything. The Mexican director chooses a unity of place; the family home of the protagonists, and of time; Tonatiuth's birthday; and then unravel his story in a thousand different streams. Sol's gaze will always remain at the center without however allowing the character to dominate over the others in what is above all a choral story. What is being celebrated is clearly a farewell, everyone knows that the characters in the film, but the sadness is always mitigated by small moments of joy and the warmth that both Tonatiuth's relatives and his friends express towards each other. Armed with a hand-held camera, with photography that favors colors warm and with an iron script Lila Avilés incredibly manages to give equal dignity to all her characters and outlines their psychology very well with very few strokes. Sometimes glances are enough, as in the case of Tonatiuth's father who wanders around the house prey to confusion, impotence and perhaps anger. Everything is filtered through the gaze of both Sol and his little cousin. Small and large events follow one another; Sol's uncle Read all

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Seven year old Sol spends the day at her grandfather’s home, helping with the preparations for a surprise party for her father. Throughout the day, chaos slowly takes over, fracturing the family’s foundations. Sol will embrace the essence of letting go as a release for existence.