Sanfic Title ‘Tierra De Nuestras Madres’ Broken Down by Director Liz Lobato (EXCLUSIVE)

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Holly Jones With a delicately morose charm, Spanish actress-turned-director Liz Lobato is presenting her debut feature project, “Tierra de Nuestras Madres” as part of the 11th Fanfic Industria’s Ibero-American Work In Progress strand.The farcical fable scrutinizing globalization takes place in the village of La Mancha, where residents know each other thoroughly and tend to their routines like clockwork.

There, beloved curmudgeon and central protagonist Rosario makes the rounds selling drug-laced fig salt to her neighbors as the town’s unknowingly sold out from under them by a bankrupt mayor.Shot in black and white, the film gives far more than it takes and absurdly relays the somber tale of corruption and a community bound to its roots so tightly its willing to sacrifice a soul or two to stay put, as futile an endeavor  as that may be.

The project is a co-production between Nieves Moroto of Spain’s Me Lo Creo Cine (“Valentina”), who served as executive producer on Imanol Uribe’s Málaga-award-winning title “Miel De Naranjas,” along with Miguelina, TFT and Madrid-based La Bestia Produce (“En Las Estrellas”).“Despite the difficulties in obtaining financing, Liz has achieved a work whose uniqueness amazes me.

The story of the film is simple, but very deep. Her ability to talk about the importance of roots, people and their customs is surprising and at the same time she avoids all solemnity and makes us laugh and cry,” stated  Maroto. “The film is an almost impossible mix of Italian cinema from the 1950s and the best Spanish Luis Berlanga tradition, with some echoes of Pedro Almodóvar’s cinema from La Mancha.”Ahead of the film’s screening, Lobato spoke with Variety about its narrative, how life prepared her for the.