The Goldmine (La Mina de Oro)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 17, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 21, 19:00 (SOUR)

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Country of Origin: Mexico
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 11′
Category: Fiction

Director: Jacques Bonnavent
Screenplay: Jacques Bonnavent
Cinematographer: Ramón Orozco Stoltenberg
Editor: Alexis Rodil
Music: Marc Lejeune
Producer: Hilda Soriano, Ana Graciela Ugalde

Synopsis: Betina, a lonely spinster, meets what appears to be the man of her dreams online, and in the course of time he proposes to her. After quitting her job and selling her apartment, she makes the arduous trip to be with him, but what awaits her is a wholly unexpected fate.
Inhalt: Mit über 50 lernt die allein lebende Betina online den Mann ihrer Träume kennen. Als er ihr einen Heiratsantrag macht, kündigt sie ihren Job, verkauft ihr Appartement und macht sich auf den Weg zu ihm in ein einsames Dorf bei einer alten Goldmine – doch dort schlägt das Schicksal unerwartet zu.

Awards: ShortsTV Best Short Award, Festival de Biarritz, France, 2010; Critics Award, Huesca International Film Festival, Spain 2010; Best Iberoamerican Short Film, Huesca International Film Festival, Spain, 2010; Best Short Fiction, Festival Intl. de Cine de Morelia, Mexico, 2010; Cinema Without Borders Best International Film Award, 2nd place, Best Live Action Short 15min. and Under, Best of the Festival Award, Palm Springs International Shortfest, USA, 2010; Young Jury Award, Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival, France, 2011.

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