La herida

Fernando Franco : 2013
Wounded

Ana, 28, is an ambulance driver. She feels useful and satisfied in her routine work helping others. Nevertheless, outside of her working day, Ana has serious problems relating to people. She is socially awkward and even aggressive towards those people closest to her and whom she loves. Ana can't control this behaviour or her emotions, so she suffers constantly and feels tormented and guilty. Really she would just like to feel at ease with herself and with others, to be happy. But her self-destructive, self-harming behaviour only isolates her more and more. Ana is unaware that she suffers from what psychiatrists call Borderline Personality Disorder. As the camera follows Ana everywhere we are witness to her insomnias, anger, happiness and the guilt she feels when she self-harms. Despite the harshness of the topic, Fernando Franco does not resort to drama or excess but builds the narration and the directing around the main character with the austerity of documentary filmmaking. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at San Sebastián International Film Festival 2013.