Mi Vida
"Just Being Alive Isn't Living"
Synopsis
Recently retired hairdresser Lou decides it is time to make a longtime dream come true. She sold her hair salon and is off to Spain to learn the language. Inspired by a new sense of freedom and encouraged by her teacher and new friend Andrea, she decides to permanently move to the seaside town of Cádiz. Just when Lou begins to believe that this new adventure is within her reach, her pregnant daughter Barbara shows up unannounced.
- Director: Norbert ter Hall
- Writer: Roos Ouwehand
- Main cast: Loes Luca (Lou), Elvira Mínguez (Andrea), Fermi Reixach (José), Loïc Bellemans (Luc), Anniek Pheifer (Barbara),Diewertje Dir (Charlie), Ida Ogbamichael (Anna) en Mark Kraan (Ronny)
- Co-production: Phanta Film, Omroep Max, All Go Movies, Canal Sur Andalusia (SP)
- Sales agent: Nine Film
- Distributor: Paradiso Films
- Supported by: The Netherlands Film Fund, The Netherlands Film Production Incentive, Cobo, Canal Sur & The Creative Europe Media Programme of the European Union
Awards:
Dutch Film Festival 2020 (Dutch Film Academy) Golden Calf Award for Best Costume Design Alette Kraan
Festival, Awards & Nominations:
– World premiere 43rd Sao Paolo Film Festival 2019, international perspective
– Santa Barbara IFF 2020, international competition
– Houston Worldfest 2020, Golden Remi Award Best Foreign Film
– Stockholm Independent Film Festival 2020, nomination Best Feature Film, results in December 2020
– nominations for Best Actress (Loes Luca), Best Screenplay (Roos Ouwehand) and Best Film (Petra Goedings & Maaike Benschop)