Cachada – The Opportunity
Screening Supported by Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
- 4 Sep. Fri. 18:30 Large Conference Room
- Documentary
- El Salvador / 2019 / 81 min
- Director: Marlén Viñayo
- Screening Supported by Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
- Story
- In El Salvador, five single mothers who make their livings as street vendors participate in a performance workshop, forming the troupe “La Cachada” with their instructor. As rehearsals progress, they come to confront their lives—bound up in the cycles of unjust violence against women that their whole society tolerates. The women’s acting is playful, despite the torment concealed in their bodies. Will they be able to overcome the trauma instilled within?