El tiempo nublado

Arami Ullón is returning to her native Paraguay to make a difficult decision. Mirna, her seriously ill mother, is losing the ability to take care of herself – epilepsy and Parkinson's disease have taken control of her life. The director hesitates: should she put her mother in a retirement home or would it be better to temporarily sacrifice her plans for a family and career and take care of Mirna herself? Over the course of the film we are drawn into the creator's scarred inner core. The relationship between mother and daughter is shaped in carefully chosen visual compositions that capture subtle gestures and facial expressions, and although the relationship brims with love and understanding, it is marked by the shadow of long separation. Family taboo, the upset endured by the daughter during the final months of her mother's life, deeply rooted feelings of guilt from an inability to offer enough support – these are the topics of a universal message about emotions that will buffet each of us at some point in our lives. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)