Volver a casa tan tarde | X Films film 2024

In 1970, the writer María Luisa Elío returned to Spain after three decades of exile in Mexico. She wanted to rediscover a past that might no longer exist. The director of this documentary explores, through 10 little stories, the separate pieces making up the life of this woman who was part of the most important artistic avant-gardes in the mid-20th century, and who wrote, appeared in and filmed “En el Balcón Vacío” [On the Empty Balcony], a film in which she explored her own wound as an exile.

Celia Viada Caso (Madrid, 1991) is a filmmaker and visual anthropologist.  In her work, she explores themes that connect memory, body and territory. She studied Anthropology and Media at Goldsmiths, University of London and has completed the Master in Creative Documentary at UPF Barcelona. Her first full-length film La Calle del Agua (2020) won seven awards at FICX, including the FIPRESCI award for best director, the ALMA award for best script and the audience award. She is currently working on a full-length film entitled Un verano sin pájaros.