Film Independent Members and guests are invited to join us for a live Q&A with La Llorona co-writer/director/producer/co-editor Jayro Bustamante. Moderated by Claudia Puig (President, Los Angeles Film Critics Association).

Indignant retired general Enrique finally faces trial for the genocidal massacre of thousands of Mayans decades ago. As a horde of angry protestors threatens to invade their opulent home, the women of the house – his haughty wife, conflicted daughter and precocious granddaughter – weigh their responsibility to shield the erratic, senile Enrique against the devastating truths behind being publicly revealed and the increasing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes. Meanwhile, much of the family’s domestic staff flees, leaving only loyal housekeeper Valeriana until a mysterious young indigenous maid arrives.

A tale of horror and magical realism, the film reimagines the iconic Latin American fable as an urgent metaphor of Guatemala’s recent history and tears open the country’s unhealed political wounds to grieve a seldom discussed crime against humanity. La Llorona marks Bustamante’s third feature and demonstrates his continued efforts to highlight social inequality in his native Guatemala following his previous titles Temblores (2019) and Ixcanul (2016).

Registrants for this live Q&A event will receive access to La Llorona in their registration confirmation email, courtesy of the filmmakers.

 
2020, 97 minutes, color | Directed by Jayro Bustamante | Written by Jayro Bustamante, Lisandro Sanchez | Starring María Mercedes Coroy, Margarita Kenéfic, Sabrina De La Hoz, Julio Diaz | Produced by Jayro Bustamante, Gustavo Matheu

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