SO MUCH TENDERNESS
a film by Lina Rodriguez
FEATURE PRESENTATION
JUNE 21, 2023 • 6:30 PM
@ LIGHT HOUSE ARTS CENTRE
(1800 ARGYLE STREET, HALIFAX)
A Q+A WITH LINA RODRIGUEZ & PRODUCER BRAD DEANE
WILL FOLLOW THE SCREENING
2022 / CANADA / 118 mins
PRESENTED BY TELEFILM CANADA
Directed by the visionary Lina Rodriguez, So Much Tenderness skillfully portrays the raw depths of human resilience amidst a backdrop of intense emotional turmoil. The film delves into the haunting journey of Aurora, an environmental lawyer hailing from Colombia, whose life takes a harrowing turn after the murder of her husband. Compelled to leave her homeland, aided by a young couple, she traverses the US-Canada border concealed within the confines of a car trunk. Arriving in Canada as a refugee, she tries to rebuild. Six years later, Aurora finds some semblance of solace in the bustling metropolis of Toronto, raising her tempestuous daughter, Lucía—but this is disrupted when Edgar, her estranged cousin, resurfaces.
—Fallen Matthews
TRAILER
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Lina Rodriguez
Lina Rodriguez is a Colombian-Canadian filmmaker and co-founder (with Brad Deane) of the Toronto-based production company Rayon Verde. She has written, directed, and produced six short films (Convergences et rencontres, Pont du Carrousel, Einschnitte, Protocol, ante mis ojos, Aquí y allá) and three features: Señoritas (2013), Mañana a esta hora (2016) and Mis dos voces (2022).
Her feature films have been showcased in festivals and cultural venues including the Berlinale, TIFF, Locarno, NYFF, the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Harvard Film Archive, the ICA in London, Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image, Film at Lincoln Center and Tabakalera Centro Internacional de Cultura Contemporánea.
Retrospectives of her work have been held at Sala Leopoldo Lugones (Buenos Aires), Cineteca Madrid and Cinemateca de Bogotá.