Atlántida

Inés María Barrionuevo : 2014
Atlantis

A sweltering summer's day in January 1987 and an expected storm is slowly approaching. In the small rural town of Córdoba, everyone is longing for rain. Two sisters, Lucía, 15, and Elena, 17, have been left alone. Lucía swims laps at the pool early in the morning. Later on she sweats over her books at the kitchen table. She is studying hard because she's determined to go to university in Buenos Aires. Meanwhile, her sister Elena lies in bed with her leg in plaster, bored to death. The other teenagers sit out the heat at the pool, messing around. Girls chat about the boys, and vice versa. Who kissed who yesterday? But there are some who aren't interested in any of that, like Andrés, a passionate beekeeper, or Ana, who likes reading books. At one point, Lucía has had enough of her annoying sister and goes out into the countryside with Ana. Here the two girls are left to their own devices. The young people drift along, propelled by their own desires, but they don't really know how to handle them. Some of them just want to get away. And with the night comes the rain they've all been waiting for. Inés María Barrionuevo's feature debut premiered at Berlin International Film Festival 2014, and screened at Gijón International Film Festival 2014.