Claudia Pinto Emperador : 2013
The Longest Distance
Two faces of the same country: a chaotic and violent city and a rural paradise containing some of the oldest mountains on the planet. Two characters who find each other at a crucial moment. Two brave journeys, one that begins as a children's adventure and ends up on the other side of the country, and a one-way trip, free and determined. Sixtyish Martina arrives from Spain to La Gran Sabana in south-eastern Venezuela: she intends to die atop Mount Roraima. These plans are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of her 12-year-old grandson Lucas. Destiny will bond them. Without knowing it, they are part of an unbreakable family circle. There will be second chances and choices to be made. Claudia Pinto Emperador's feature debut talks about the freedom of choice we have when defining our lives, how strong family ties can be and how second opportunities are all around us. It is an ode to freedom which reminds us there is only one destiny, the one you choose for yourself. Her film won the Glauber Rocha Award at Montréal World Film Festival 2013.
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