Summaries

As cancer spreads, Noelia's decision to return to her native Puerto Rico, to claim freedom . She reunites with her friends ,family, who are still dealing with the contamination of the U.S. Navy after sixty years of military practices

Noelia, a 40-year-old Puerto Rican visual artist, discovers her cancer has metastasized after spending several years in remission. Despite the insistence of her partner, Jorge, she refuses to continue her treatment and decides to return to Vieques, the small Caribbean island east of Puerto Rico where she grew up and where her mother, Flora, lives. Once there, she keeps her cancer a secret in order to live freely and throws herself into the work she had dedicated herself to years before - denouncing pollution left by the U.S. Army after years of military exercises on the island. However, as Noelia's health worsens and she joins her neighbors to secretly enter closed testing areas to document undetonated bombs and toxic remains, her struggle to survive and the struggle of Vieques to recover from decades of bomb testing become inextricably intertwined. When an approaching hurricane threatens the island and Noelia rekindles an old romance, she faces the decision to leave and seek treatment or stay with her community.

Details

Keywords
  • illness
  • character driven
  • mourning
  • colonization
  • female centered
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Aug 23, 2023
Countries of origin Puerto Rico
Language Spanish
Production companies Auna Producciones Filmes Zapatero Canica Films

Box office

Budget $800000
Gross worldwide $2718

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 33m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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