Alma Anciana (2024)
Three juxtaposing stories taking place in Portugal, Austria and Cuba create an intimate and poetic portrait of the daily lives and struggles of the elderly in an unstable world, seen through the eyes of their grandchildren.
Top billed cast
- José Moreira
- Lucília Moreira
- Viktor Ovcharenko
- Ludmila Ovcharenko
- Mirna Muñoa Montes de Oca
- Damaris Muñoa Montes de Oca
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