73SSIFF - 19/27 September 2025
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Si no ardemos, cómo iluminar la noche / If We Don’t Burn, How Do We Light Up the Night

Kim Torres
Costa Rica - Mexico - France      90 m.
WIP Latam 2024 Proyecta 2022
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At the age of thirteen, Laura feels trapped in her new family. Just as she starts accepting her new life surrounded by sprawling forests and palm plantations, she learns that the village hides a dark secret that preys on the women she loves most.

Director
Kim Torres (Costa Rica)
Screenplay
Kim Torres, Luisa Mora Fernández
Production
Noche Negra Producciones (Costa Rica)
Ale Vargas Carballo
Co-Production
Tropical Films (Mexico)
Mariana Monroy
Les Films du Clan (France)
Camille Ferrero, Lucile Ric, Charles Philippe
Sales
Urban Sales (France)
Photography
Mel Nocetti
Editing
Nicole Chi Amén, Omar Guzmán
Music
Delphine Malaussena
Sound
Thomas Becka
Cast
Lara Yuja Mora, Keylin Delgado Arguedas, Valentina Chaves Jimenez, Teresa Sánchez, Michelle Jones, Juan Luis Araya, Jose Gabriel Guzmán Rodríguez, Luis Carlos Canhoto Baptista da Silva, Sebastián Sánchez Soza
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Run time
90 m.
Original language of the film
Spanish
Country
Costa Rica - Mexico - France
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