Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival

La sombra del querer - Love from the shadow

  • Director: Ale Gálvez
  • Country: Chile
  • Duration: 19'52"
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Institute: Universidad Mayor
  • Language: Spanish

Synopsis: Marta works as a telephone fraudster in her improvised office under a bridge, where she lives all alone. On Mother's Day, Marta contacts her daughter Laura, but she doesn't want to have any contact with her, so she lies to her about an illness, and they agree to meet. Marta waits until nightfall, her daughter does not arrive. Finally, she takes out her cell phone and continues to scam.

Profile: Ale Gálvez is a 23-year-old filmmaker from the island of Chiloé. She has served as director and writer in most of her projects, such as "Ausencia" (2021), documentary "Villa Francia y detainees of the dictatorship" (2023), "La Sombra del Querer" (2024), "Documentary Paula" (2023), among others. The themes of her films vary between social problems, old age, mental illness and human rights.