The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness
The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness

Movie·2012·0h 12m

The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness

Country

Mexico

Language

Spanish

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The Story

Original title: La tiricia o cómo curar la tristeza

The tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations afflicted with being tiricientas: Ita, Justa and Alicia – grandmother, mother and daughter – who have at different times suffered, tolerated and allowed abuse, dragging on the disease. Alicia decides to break the cycle, eradicating it for future generations.

Written By

María Renée Prudencio

Cinematography

Ignacio Miranda

Editor

Felipe Gómez

Themes

daughterchild abusemothersexual abusepatriarchychildhood traumahealing processgrandmothergenerationalmother daughter relationshipshort film

Production House

Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

Audience Score

55%

4 votes

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Timepass37%
Go for it33%
Perfection14%

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Cast

Vanessa Cuevas

Ángeles Cruz

Ángeles Cruz

Román Cruz

Alex Pérez

Alex Pérez

Encarnación Pérez

Dunia Cruz

Patrosinia Sánchez

Sonia Couoh

Sonia Couoh

Sabel Sánchez

Myriam Bravo

Myriam Bravo

Noé Hernández

Noé Hernández

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Crew

María Renée Prudencio

María Renée Prudencio

Screenplay

Ángeles Cruz

Ángeles Cruz

Director, Screenplay

Ignacio Miranda

Director of Photography

Felipe Gómez

Editor

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