Dolores

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Note of intent

My motivation is to portray daily, ordinary situations a mature woman goes through. I want to show a strong woman, who’s eager to live despite the limitations her age imposes. A woman who likes men, plays pool, talks to strangers, opens up about her life, and lies… Insecure lies that translate what this woman would like to be. The narrative of this story mixes tough situations of rejection, insistence and profiting with the “excesses” of a woman in search for freedom. An existentialist search, but a matter of survival above all.

Synopsis

Dolores is an upbeat 72 year-old lady who do not let her age dictate the life she wants to take. She drinks with younger friends, smokes, flirts with men, likes men, have platonic relationships with them. A sensitive woman, who likes to help the others; Dolores loves to be loved. Her family life collapses when her money starts to run out. Dolores wants to sell her only possession –  a village house in the suburbs –  to buy a small apartment in the center. Her daughter tries to stop the sale in every possible way, fearing that her patrimony is in jeopardy

Visual concept

As the new Asian cinema, the film does not propose complicated plots or melodramatic events. A net of moments in the life of a woman in transition, showing her subjectivity and creating an intimacy between her and the viewer. It asks for a simple visual language, close to the documentary. A film of small internal movements, of little dialogue: ordinary, banal conversations that don’t necessarily move the story forward. With long shots, breaks and time to observe and reflect, all actions are captured with the same incidental approach.