Eva is just passing through Madrid. She spends her days there alone: she doesn’t know anyone and isn’t particularly interested in meeting new people. The city is therefore unfamiliar territory, where she wanders aimlessly, her curiosity somewhat dampened. But one afternoon, at the Reina Sofía Museum, a man approaches her. His name is Dante, and he is an Argentine historian researching labour struggles in his country and the career of Juan Bialet Massé. The chance encounter between two expatriates gradually develops into a friendship.
“Last year I lived in Madrid thanks to a grant from the Reina Sofía Museum. There, I worked on writing a movie about the history of labour rights in my country. But one day at the museum, they mentioned the possibility of filming right there. Since then, the idea of portraying that place – its architecture, the light, its spaces, and the life it fosters – has been on my mind.” (María Aparicio)
María Aparicio
Born in 1992 in Córdoba, Argentina, where she still lives, she studied filmmaking at the National University of Córdoba. An internationally acclaimed filmmaker and educator, Aparicio's connection to her hometown has become a defining feature of her cinema.