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My Chest Is Full of Sparks

20240.0 / 1075 min
Documentary

Overview

Life doesn’t always go as planned. After the death of the family patriarch, mother and child go separate ways to find themselves—she crosses the ocean to pursue the singing career she left behind, while filmmaker Gal realizes they are transgender—in this collage of video diaries. "My father dies. Days later, my mother escapes to Turkey to meet her secret Facebook lover. I suggest to my mother that we communicate through video letters. My mother, who gave up singing to raise me, finds freedom for the first time away from home. The video correspondences reveal our attempts to see each other through a shaky emotional journey. Alone, while filming this movie, I realized that I want to transition gender and change my name. An extraordinary journey of self-discovery, a mother and a child who always wanted to be more."

Cast

María del Pilar Castañeda

María del Pilar Castañeda

Gal Castellanos

Gal Castellanos

Crew

Gal Castellanos

Gal Castellanos

Director

Metzli Paulina Ibarra

Metzli Paulina Ibarra

Producer

Bruno Santamaría

Bruno Santamaría

Cinematography

Gal Castellanos

Gal Castellanos

Screenplay

Omar Robles

Omar Robles

Producer

Eduardo Esquivel

Eduardo Esquivel

Producer

Pier Martínez

Pier Martínez

Sound

María José Magallanes

María José Magallanes

Sound

Andrea Rabasa

Andrea Rabasa

Editor

Sebastián Santana

Sebastián Santana

Sound

Pier Martínez

Pier Martínez

Music