The Nicaraguan border in the eighties. Eleven-year-old Claudia and her younger sister experience the street fighting at first hand outside their car window. Their parents are Sandinista activists and, although the family is now escaping to neighbouring Costa Rica, the struggle continues. Their parents fire off terse commands and the girls are packed off to their relatives. The film focuses on the point of view of the two sisters, who are very close, as they learn more than they are able to cope with, but too little really to understand. A revolutionary struggle, seen through the eyes of children.
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Cast
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Valeria Conejo
Claudia
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Antonia
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Laura Astorga
Fernando Bolaños
Felipe
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Marcela Esquivel
Ivette Guier
Cora
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Amaya Izquierdo
Álvaro Marenco
Diego
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Eulalia
Aldrina Valenzuela
María José Callejas
Floria
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Matthew Bertelsen
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María Marta López
Profesora Música
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Laura Astorga Carrera Director · Daniela Goggi Writer Ariel Escalante Editor
Budget $400K · United States release April 13, 2014 · Produced in Costa Rica, Venezuela
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Budget
$400,000
Production
Suécinema
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Hol y Asociados
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La Feria Producciones
Production
Programa Ibermedia
Production
Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía
Production
Costa Rica · Venezuela
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Original title
Princesas rojas
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Germany · February 11, 2013
Theatrical
United States · April 13, 2014
Chicago Latino Film Festival
France
March 16, 2013 · Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse
Sweden
January 25, 2014 · Göteborg International Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 4, 2013 · Raindance Film Festival
Venezuela
January 31, 2014
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