18/02/2024 - The new film by Costa Rican director Antonella Sudasassi Furniss homes in on three mature women who relive the memories of a repressed sexuality

Raised in a repressive era where sexuality was taboo, Ana, Patricia, and Mayela found their understanding of womanhood based on unspoken rules and implicit impositions. Now, their fearless voices incarnate in a single 65-year-old woman, who revisits a kaleidoscopic life of intertwined memories, secrets, and hidden desires.

This is the synopsis of Memories of a Burning Body [+see also:
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Born in San José, Costa Rica in 1986, the filmmaker started her career by working on a number of audiovisual projects as well as founding the Chop Chop Collective and joining Cinealianza, an association of filmmakers campaigning for the introduction of a Costa Rican film law. In 2017, she participated in the Berlinale Talents programme in Guadalajara, and her debut feature film The Awakening of the Ants [+see also:
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Memories of a Burning Body is produced by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss for Costa Rica's Substance Films and co-produced by Estephania Bonnett Alonso for Spain's Playlab Films. Spain's Bendita Film Sales is handling international sales.

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(Translated from Spanish)