Review: Facing the Wind
The action of Facing the Wind , the feature-length fiction debut by editor, documentarian and film teacher Meritxell Colell Aparicio (presented in the Forum section of the Berlinale), unfolds in both Buenos Aires (Argentina) and the region of Las Loras, in Burgos and Palencia (Spain). The movie follows the personal trials and tribulations of its protagonist, played by choreographer Mónica García. She moves from one place to the other when she receives a call telling her that her father is seriously ill: when she reaches his town, she finds out that he has just passed away and will go on to experience a whole roller coaster of emotions, brought up by brushes with her family, the past and the surroundings, which will never cease to occupy a special place in her memory.
