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Acropolis Cinema presents: La soledad

La soledad (Dir. Jorge Thielen Armand)

Date: March 20, 2018
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Downtown Independent
Address: 251 S. Main St, Los Angeles, CA. 90012

Los Angeles premiere!
Winner: Best First Film (Cinema Tropical Awards)

La Soledad is a dilapidated villa located in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of Caracas. It used to be the home of director Jorge Thielen Armands great-grandparents, but when the owners passed away fifteen years ago, the property was unofficially inherited by their lifelong maid, Rosina, now 72, who remained to care for the house and raise her grandson, José, now 27, Jorges childhood friend. José works as a handyman, dreaming of a better life for his six-year-old daughter Adrializ, amidst Venezuelas economic crisis. Waiting in long queues for food and the medicine Rosina so desperately needs is part of Josés routine. When he learns that the legal inheritors of the house plan to sell the estate, José struggles to try to find a solution that will keep his family away from the crime-ridden slums. Yet the house holds a secret that could save them all: a treasure that is rumored to be buried in its walls. Set in the beautiful derelict eponymous mansion and played by the real inhabitants, La soledad (The Solitude) poetically depicts Venezuelas socio-economic crisis through Josés struggle to save his family from homelessness. Co-presented by MUBI.