LA PECERA
(THE FISHBOWL)

After years of remission, Noelia’s cancer has returned and is spreading quickly. Exhausted by relentless treatment plans and pills that do more harm than good, she seeks another way out. Brushing aside her boyfriend Jorge’s well-meaning but suffocating gestures, she heads back to Vieques, the blissful eastern Puerto Rican island where she grew up; a land grappling with its own poisoning after decades of contamination from U.S. Army operations. With Hurricane Irma closing in, and alongside her mother in the serene comforts of home, Noelia looks for an answer to her pain in the land she’s always been intertwined with. 

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Q&A with actor Isel Rodriguez

Co-presented by Ágora Cultural Architects
 

Festivals:

• Sundance Film Festival - 2023 Nominee Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema - Dramatic)

• Göteborg Film Festival - 2023 Nominee Ingmar Bergman Award (Best Debut Feature)

• Seattle International Film Festival - 2023 Winner (Ibero American Competition)