\tCuba\u2019s Lola Amores, star of fest hits \u201cWild Woman,\u201d \u201cMiki Maniaco\u201d and \u201cSanta & Andr\u00e9s,\u201d will topline \u201cHer Lightness,\u201d the feature debut of compatriot Rosa Mar\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez Pupo who \u201copens up an historical gap in the midst of a cinematography made mostly by me in Cuba,\u201d producers Martha Orozco and Cristina Gallego told\u00a0Variety.\u00a0 \tAlso produced by Armando Cap\u00f3, Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s partner in life and at Cuba\u2019s GatoRosafilms, \u201cHer Lightness\u201d (\u201cLa Levedad de Ella\u201d) weighs in at Switzerland\u2019s Locarno Festival, Europe\u2019s biggest mid-summer film event, as one of the highest-profile entries in Open Doors, a carefully curated showcase of projects and recent pics from smaller countries around the world, for the last three years from Latin America and the Caribbean. \t \tWritten by Rodr\u00edguez, the film charts a radical act for a woman in many people\u2019s eyes: Breaking the common assumed concept that woman are in the world to help others.\u00a0 \t\t\t \t\t\tPopular on Variety\t\t \t \t\t \t \tIn \u201cHer Lightness,\u201d Nora\u2019s journey is one of ever greater introspection. 42, she lies, saying she\u2019s pregnant in order to abandon her cancer treatment, then distances herself from her husband.\u00a0 \t\u201cTo make her journey to freedom she must let go of the ties that make her a mirror woman, to be able to float and be light as she had always wanted. Her decision is incomprehensible but will enlighten also the path for her beloveds ones too,\u201d the synopsis runs. \tAlso a producer, as a director Rodr\u00edguez has built up a substantial body of shorts \u2013 \u201cLa costurera\u201d (2016), \u201cI Love Papuchi\u201d (2018), \u201cNara\u201d (2020) and \u201cLa Trenza,\u201d part of \u201cCuentos de un d\u00eda m\u00e1s.\u201d She also directed one-hour doc \u201cOrgano.\u201d\u00a0 \t \t\t\t \t \t\t\t \t \t\t\t \t \t \t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t \t\t\t\t\tArmando Capo, Cristina Gallego and Martha Orozco \t\t\t\t \t \t\t\t \t\u201cHer Lightness\u2019\u201d notability comes from its director\u2019s questioning female vision of women\u2019s relations and the title\u2019s backing. It is set up as a production of Cuba\u2019s GatoRosafilms, Mexico\u2019s Martfilms and Colombia\u2019s Ciudad Lunar, in co-production with with Laima in Colombia. It is an associate production of Cuba\u2019s Vedado Films.\u00a0 \tWorking out of Ciudad Lunar, Colombia\u2019s Gallego produced 2016 Oscar nominee \u201cEmbrace of the Serpent,\u201d then produced and co-directed \u201cBirds of Passage,\u201d a major Cannes 2018 Directors\u2019 Fortnight hit, and produced 2022 San Sebastian, Zurich and Chicago top prize winner \u201cThe Kings of the World.\u201d\u00a0 \t \tFocusing on social issue films and new directors, Mexico\u2019s Orozco produced \u201cAllende, Beyond Allende,\u201d a Cannes best documentary L\u2019\u0152il d\u2019Or winner, as well as Toronto and San Sebastian premiere \u201cDaughter of Rage.\u201d \tA distinguished director in his own right, Cap\u00f3 broke out with 2019\u2019s \u201cAgosto,\u201d which topped San Sebastian\u2019s industry awards in 2014. He now has \u201cEl Regresado\u201d near to completing post-production and doc feature \u201cLa tierra de la ballena,\u201d a tribute to his native city of Gibara, in talks regarding its premiere. \t\u201c\u2018Her Lightness\u2019 is the premiere film of a Cuban director with a career on the rise, as evident in Rosa Mar\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez Pupo\u2019s previous works,\u201d Orozco and Gallego said in a joint statement. \u201cWe believe that as an author she has the potential and sensitivity to create a powerful, honest, and realistic film from her female intimate approach on a sensitive and universal theme,\u201d \u201cWith our international experience an artistic and technical collaboration has been designed to accompany the creative process.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cuba\u2019s Lola Amores, star of fest hits \u201cWild Woman,\u201d \u201cMiki Maniaco\u201d and \u201cSanta & Andr\u00e9s,\u201d will topline \u201cHer Lightness,\u201d the feature debut of compatriot Rosa Mar\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez Pupo who \u201copens up an historical gap in the midst of a cinematography made mostly by me in Cuba,\u201d producers Martha Orozco and Cristina Gallego told\u00a0Variety.\u00a0 Also produced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieetv.com\/ita\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}