A mother and her teen daughter flow in and out of harmony on a road trip charting a momentous turning point in their lives.
Driving down the redwoods-lined US-101, Juliana—a South American immigrant single mother—can’t seem to help bickering with Luz, her 17-year-old daughter. When they stop to spend the night at an old friend’s house (who may have once been more than a friend…), it becomes apparent that the pair is on the way to drop Luz off at college—and lurking behind their clashes is a web of complex emotions. An outsider’s perspective and some musical therapy bring a shift in dynamics, allowing mother and daughter to finally find harmony before their inevitable, bittersweet farewell.
Florencia Manóvil (she/her) is a queer Latina indie writer-director based in Oakland, California, and a 2024 SFFILM FilmHouse Resident. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Manóvil moved to the US at age 18 to pursue film studies at Emerson College on an Honors scholarship. A San Francisco Bay Area resident since 2007, in 2015 she was named “Best Filmmaker of the East Bay” by the East Bay Express for her beloved Oakland web series DYKE CENTRAL, lauded by press and fans alike for its then-groundbreaking diverse representation of LGBTQ characters. DYKE CENTRAL screened at dozens of film festivals internationally, receiving a “Best Web Series” award along the way. It is currently streaming on Amazon. Manóvil is a two-time recipient of the Frameline Completion Fund. Other credits include FIONA’S SCRIPT (2009, 89m), ENCUENTRO (2017, 16m), SOLSTICE ( 2020, 36m), and FROM X TO Z (2022, 11m). Currently, Manóvil is developing three very different projects: “Star-Crossed”, a social justice-themed feature drama that was a finalist and won the pitch contest in the 2022 Cinequest Screenwriting Competition; “Queerly Beloved”, an ensemble wedding feature about the power and magic of queer community; and “Twelve”, a thrutopian limited series that is a finalist in the 2024 Writing Climate Pitchfest.
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