About the Event
Tótem
Directed by Lila Avilés
(Mexico, 2023, 95 min.)
Friday, September 27
Reception at Welcome Center: 6:00 pm
Film: 7:00 pm
Hispanic Heritage Film Series
Actor Director Avilés second feature won the Ecumenical Award at the Berlin Film Festival and the Mexican entry for Best International Feature for the Academy Awards. Sol, a seven year old girl, travels to her grandfather’s house where the family is having a birthday party for her father.
“One of the rare authentic miracles that a film can pull off is to depict the intimate and the seemingly inconsequential, and to do it with absolute naturalness. Mexican writer-director Lila Avilés achieves this feat with elegance and insight in Tótem,… Tótem embraces chaos and bustle in an ensemble drama of a family living through crisis. This thematically rich piece offers a set of vivid character studies, while musing on life, death and time – largely from a child’s perspective. Understated but emotionally satisfying, Tótem will boost its director’s rising profile” — Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily
Discounted parking available in Founder’s Court lot, $6 flat fee, credit card required.
Free and open to the public.
