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Documentary (Series) | 1993 | 3sat | Children | Germany

Main data

Project data

Length of movie30 Min
Distribution formatBetacam SP/SX

    Brief synopsis

    Elena is 16 years old and lives with her mother in Buenos Aires. For eleven years she was called Viviana Madrid, because it was during this time that she was led to believe that her father was the notorious torturer Luis Madrid. Only the research of her biological grandmother, who is part of the "Abuelas da Plaza de Mayo", women who follow the destiny of their children and grandchildren, allowed her to discover her true identity. Today, Elena knows that her mother was killed in a concentration camp shortly after her birth. Her parents share her fate with about 30,000 other people who disappeared without a trace during the Argentinean military dictatorship (1976-1980). Elena categorically refuses any contact with her adoptive parents. She prefers to undo the first eleven years of her childhood. In Elena's sad and beautiful poems of surrealist appearance, the past comes back to life. Elena loves to dance, and her grandmother saw her dancing in her dreams many years ago.


    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    Director of photographySergio Gazzera
    DirectorCuini Amelio Ortiz
    Commissioning editorInge Classen
    3sat
    3sat

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Tele Potsdam