Doña Flor has worked in the same government office in Mexico City for over 35 years, attending to people from all corners of society — rich, poor, educated and illiterate alike. Exploring the interior life of a woman who awakens from routine and yearns to become visible again, the story is a mesmerizing contemplation on solitude. Directed by Natalia Almada. Winner of Best New Director at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
"The simplicity of the filmmaking and the subtlety of observation in Almada’s first fictional narrative allows this double portrait of a person (a middle-aged female government clerk) and a place (Mexico City) to emerge in all its personal, social, and emotional complexity." — Amy Taubin, Artforum (selected as a best film of the year)
NR, 98 min., 2016. Closed captions (CC) in English.
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