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Dolores, in her 50s, a hermit caring for her ailing mother and aunt in a decaying Dominican estate, yearns to escape her isolated life. When a long-lost aunt returns, she stirs up painful memories, forcing Dolores and the elder women to confront their generational traumas in a surreal world haunted by mongrel dogs.
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- Directors
- Rod Llaverías
- Production companies
- 1981 Cinema Collective, Migranta Films
- Countries
- Dominican Republic, Brazil
- Status
- In Production
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