La Mirada - Jewels of Spanish Cinema
The Railroad All-Stars
(Estrellas de la Linea)
Sat 3 Mar 6:45pm
Screening with the short film "Maximum Penalty"
Maximum Penalty
(Maxima Pena)
Juanjo Jimenez, 11 min, Spain, 2005, Comedy. Winner of more than 20 awards.
During a regional football match, the trainer tries to guide his team, instead of attending his father's funeral.
The Railroad All-Stars
(Estrellas de la Linea)
Chema Rodriguez, 90 min, Spain 2005, Documentary. Audience Award Berlin, 2006. Malaga Int Film Festival, 2006. Sebastian Award San Sebastian Film Festival 2006
Valeria, Vilma and Mercy are three members of a group of prostitutes living in Guatemala earning two dollars per service. They work at La Linea, by the railroad that runs across Guatemala City. These women dream of being treated with dignity and of ending the violence they endure. In order to draw attention to their everyday problems, they get together to form a football team, train for weeks and sign up for a local championship from which they are expelled for being prostitutes. This expulsion generates strong controversy in Guatemala, with support and rejection suddenly transforming their lives. This is their story. A compassionate, riveting, underdog tale narrated with generosity of spirit and real heart. A story of determination in the face of prejudice.
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