Tropicalía
Leaving July 31
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20m
Directed by Rodney Llaverías • 2022 • Dominican Republic
Starring Marlene De La Cruz
Lush, surreal, wild: this richly sensorial, extravagantly imaginative short by Rodney Llaverías unfolds in a verdant, storybook world, where the middle-aged Dolores (Marlene De La Cruz) lives a hermetic existence taking care of her ailing, demanding mother. When a wounded dog mysteriously appears in her home, it’s the beginning of a radical transformation.
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