Maroa (tbc)
- Run time: 1 hour 42 mins
- Language: Spanish
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 1st January 2005
- Starring: Tristán Ulloa, Elba Escobar, Luke Grande
- Directed by: Solveig Hoogesteijn
Plot Synopsis
Can an eleven years old girl, a bold survivor of the asphalt jungle, be struck by Mozart while committing an act of delinquency? Impossible, or at least, highly improbable. Her daily intake of culture is reduced to kitsch soap operas, hip hops and raps about life in shanty towns, and at night, the gnarling sound of bullets, the shots that leave dozens of corpses on the streets every week. Brígida, her grandmother, a deceitful fortune-teller who sells lottery tickets, treats her badly but is her only family. Of impetuous and decisive character, Maroa can see no future in her life until she hears the sound of a clarinet. The connection is magical and deep. Days now turn around the classes that Joaquín, the shy and unconditional teacher, gives her. He is immediately interested in this talented young girl, who lacks all notion of discipline. Joaquín, the only person to offer hope in the midst of her rejection, finds that through Maroa, his world has also changed forever.