Casa América premieres this afternoon at 18.30 in its cinema Iberia the film Memories of a body that burns, written and directed by Costa Rican Antonella Sudasassi Furniss. Free admission up to 45 seats.
A further colloquium will be held with its director, moderated by Begoña Piña, film critic-editor at the newspaper Público.
“The women protagonists of this film have the courage to speak up, says Antonella Sudasassi. They may not show their faces, but their voices scream. For me, understanding the history of these women is understanding my place in the world, how and why we came here. This film is an ode to the creative women of the universe, who gave birth to us, who cared for us, who invited us to question so that today things are different for us.”
Antonella Sudasassi Furniss (Costa Rica, 1986) is a director, screenwriter and producer. His first film, The Ant Awakens, premiered at the 2019 Berlinale and represented Costa Rica at the Oscar Awards. It was the first Central American film to receive a nomination for the Goya Awards and the first from Costa Rica to win the Platinum Awards. Participated in more than sixty international festivals and received more than fifteen international awards. His second film, Memories of a body that burns, won the Audience Award at the 2024 Berlinale and the Audience and Critics’ Awards at Cinelatino – Rencontres de Toulouse. In her work as a filmmaker she has been interested in telling stories centered on female characters and how they understand their sexuality at different stages of their lives.
The film, starring Sol Carballo, Paulina Bernini, Juliana Filloy, Liliana Biamonte, Gabriel Araya, Juan Luis Araya and Leonardo Perucci, tells how a woman in her prime is looking for a boyfriend, not a husband. He is over seventy years old and for too long he has responded to the wishes of others, but no longer. In an infinite house like his memory, one goes back to his dreams and nightmares to find a present full of life, pleasure and freedom.
