Charlotte Latino Film Festival: La sombra del sol (The Shadow of the Sun)

La sombra del sol (The Shadow of the Sun)
Directed by Miguel Ángel Ferrer
(Venezuela, 2023, 100 min., in Spanish with English subtitles, ages 16+)

Leo, is a blue-collar worker with a musical past living in the remote city of Acarigua, Venezuela. One day, his younger brother, Alex, who has been deaf since birth, offers him a solution: to participate in a musical contest in the capital, Caracas, performing his own original song. Winning the first prize could solve all his economic problems, so Leo, taking a leap of faith, unearths his dormant musical talent and does the seemingly impossible to change his and his brother’s future.

Leo es un obrero plagado por dificultades económicas en la ciudad de Acarigua, Venezuela. Un día, Alex, su hermano menor sordo, le llega con una propuesta: participar en un concurso musical cantando una canción que él ha escrito, para ganarse un premio que los sacará de sus problemas económicos. Cuando un incidente en su trabajo hace que lo despidan, Leo debe desenterrar sus habilidades musicales y hacer lo imposible para cambiar sus futuros, juntando sus voces en un viaje inolvidable.

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