Clara Taricco

Nino is a spoiled child who, immersed by a strong fever, is absorbed by a mysterious painting. Even though his mother had warned him, the trick that made him fall prey of the painting is unleashed. And so, Nino does nothing but get lost in a maze of images trying to return home.

Nino is a spoiled child who, immersed by a strong fever, is absorbed by a mysterious painting. Even though his mother had warned him, the trick that made him fall prey of the painting is unleashed. And so, Nino does nothing but get lost in a maze of images trying to return home.

NINO (10) is not feeling well. The fever rises as his senses are enhanced, and his eyes become dry. The thermometer takes five minutes to give its verdict, but they seem endless. Suddenly, as if swallowed by the sheets, Nino is lost. He must now face wars and volcanoes to return to his mother’s arms. It’s just a little fever…

Through illustrations and sounds, Una vez la noche experiments with the obsessive narration of four diverse characters –all of which are lost in the settings of their memory– to exhibit crucial events that marked their lives forever. Through a particular mise-en-scène, the film provides apparently ordinary people with a brilliant singularity, introducing us to a new perception of reality.

A group of friends with Down Syndrome have been attending the same school for 40 years, and they are tired of being treated like children, they are grown-ups and want to live as such.

Day after day, an elderly woman recalls the Spanish Basque country of her youth — while forgetting she is consigned to a retirement home in Chile.

More than sixty years after leaving high school, former classmates Alicia, Gema, Angelica, Ximena and Maria Teresa are still devoted to their regular catch-ups in which they exchange gossip and reminiscences over elaborately presented afternoon teas. Impeccably turned out, the ladies’ free-wheeling tea-time chats run the gamut from mortality and marital infidelity to soccer and twerking.

More than sixty years after leaving high school, former classmates Alicia, Gema, Angelica, Ximena and Maria Teresa are still devoted to their regular catch-ups in which they exchange gossip and reminiscences over elaborately presented afternoon teas. Impeccably turned out, the ladies’ free-wheeling tea-time chats run the gamut from mortality and marital infidelity to soccer and twerking.