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The Waves Call You

Puerto Rico | 2024 | 12 min. | Ana Verde

A Puerto Rican seamstress ponders abandoning her life on the island to live with her daughter in the United States.

Director Ana Verde and Producer Lauren Lukow scheduled to attend.

  • Original Language Title: Te llaman las olas
  • Director: Ana Verde
  • Principal Cast: Aidita Encarnación, Keren Lugo, Yetta Gottesman, Adriana Rosa
  • Premiere Status: World
  • Country: Puerto Rico
  • Year: 2024
  • Running Time: 12 min.
  • Producer: Lauren Lukow, Raúl Abner Samrah, Samara Pérez-Santiago
  • Screenplay: Ana Verde
  • Cinematographers: Evan A. Moreno
  • Editors: Vicente Manzano
  • Music: Alain Emile
  • Website: Official Film Website
  • Language: Spanish

This film is playing as a part of Women on the Verge

Whether on the verge of a breakthrough or breakdown, these women-led stories explore womanhood’s ethos.

Please note: Two of the streaming shorts in this program are restricted to audiences in WA State.

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