Berlin Title ‘My Two Voices’ Broken Down by Director Lina Rodriguez
variety.comEmiliano Granada Colombian-Canadian director Lina Rodríguez’s third feature, “My Two Voices”, a 68 min documentary that through its short runtime artfully orchestrates a polyphony of emotions, colors, textures and voices in its portrayal of three immigrant women.Produced by Canada’s Rayon Verde, the same production company behind her previous film “This Time Tomorrow,” Rodríguez’s meticulous approach interweaves the voices of Claudia Montoya, Marinela Piedrahita and Ana Garay Kostic as they share their experiences of immigrating to Canada.
Energized by a rich soundscape, the film achieves a deep intimacy, while refusing to draw borders, between spaces, between voices, between there and here, who I was and who I am, between I and Us.
Rodríguez is currently finishing her latest film “So Much Tenderness”.Variety talked with her as her documentary debuted in Berlinale.The film has a very set dynamic in its form, it restraint: It often decides not to show what one should immediately expect from a portrait.
Could you comment?I had a very clear formal approach. I wanted to evoke a sense of who they were yet I didn’t want to start with a face.
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