I Have Electric Dreams

  • Valentina Maurel
  • Belgium, France, Costa Rica
  • 2022
  • 100'
  • Tengo sueños eléctricos

Teenager Eva lives with her mother, younger sister and troublemaker cat. Her burning desire is to move in with her estranged father Martin, a professional painter, sculptor, poet, and drunkard who is going through a second adolescence. As Martin battles a mental crisis and his repressed anger, Eva clings to him, balancing between the restless sensitivity of teenage life and the ruthlessness of the adult world. Maurel’s coming-of-age drama premiered at Locarno FF where it won an impressive string of awards – for Best Direction, Actress and Actor.

Subtitles: EN, HR

Valentina Maurel

Franco-Costa Rican filmmaker based in Costa Rica. She graduated in film from INSAS, the National Higher Institute of Performing Arts and Broadcasting Techniques. Her graduation film Paul Is Here (2017) received the Cinéfondation Award at Cannes, while her second short Lucia in Limbo (2019) was screened at the Cannes International Critics’ Week and the Toronto International Film Festival. I Have Electric Dreams (2022) is her feature-length debut.

I Have Electric Dreams

Director
Valentina Maurel
Screenplay
Valentina Maurel
Cast
Daniela Marin Navarro, Reinaldo Amien Guttierez
DOP
Nicolas Wong Andres Diaz
Editing
Bertrand Conard
Producer
Benoit Roland, Grégoire Debailly, Felipe Cordero, Valentina Maurel
Production
Wrong Men, Geko Films, Tres Tigres Films
Festivals & Awards
Locarno Film Festival – Best Actor, Best Direction, Best Actress; San Sebastián Int'l Film Festival – Horizontes Award; Busan Int'l Film Festival; Sarajevo Film Festival; Ghent Film Festival

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