71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Alma Mater

Álvaro Buela
Uruguay
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34-year-old Pamela is a small, shy woman. She works in a supermarket. She attends a religious temple. She periodically visits her autistic mother. An anonymous character, a meaningless life. Suddenly, a miracle occurs. Messages of a marvellous destiny start to reach Pamela in unusual ways: a client, a transvestite, her own mother, dreams, barcodes, real and imaginary signals. The Saviour of the Next Millennium is apparently on his way and everything indicates that she, being a virgin, is carrying him in her entrails. Impelled to face herself, Pamela undertakes an inner voyage. A paradoxical voyage: the more mystic she grows, the more human she becomes.
Director
Álvaro Buela
Screenplay
Álvaro Buela
Photography
Daniel Rodríguez Maseda
Edition
Simone Maccari
Music
Sylvia Meyer
Cast
Roxana Blanco, Nicolás Becerra, Walter Reyno, Werner Schünemann, Humberto de Vargas
Running Time
95 m.
Country
Uruguay
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