25/03/2022 - The young, Belgian-based director of Costa Rican origin shot the film last November and December in San José, Costa Rica

Daniela Marin Navarro and Reinaldo Amien Gutierrez in Tengo sueños eléctricos

Valentina Maurel is in the middle of post-production on her first feature film, Tengo sueños eléctricos [+see also:
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Like Lucia en el limbo, Tengo sueños eléctricos follows in the footsteps of a young teenager. Eva can't stand the fact that her mother wants to renovate the house and get rid of the cat, which, disorientated since the divorce, pees everywhere. Eva wants to go and live with her father, who, disorientated like the cat, is going through a second adolescence. Eva follows him while he tries to reconnect with his desire to become an artist and find love again. But like someone who crosses an ocean of adults without knowing how to swim, Eva will also discover the rage that gnaws at him, and which she unknowingly inherited from him. In the role of Eva we find the young Daniela Marin Navarro, her first appearance on the big screen. She is joined by Reinaldo Amien Gutierrez, Vivian Rodriguez and Adriana Castro Garcia.

The film is produced by Wrong Men (Belgium), which had already accompanied the director for Lucia en el limbo, and co-produced by Tres Tigres Films (Costa Rica) and Geko Films (France).

(Translated from French)