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20,000 Species of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas) [In-Person Only]
Fri Aug 30: 7.30pm PDT
Sat Aug 31: 4.30pm PDT, 7.30pm PDT
Sun Sep 01: 4.30pm PDT, 7.30pm PDT
$14 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member
Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Spain
2023
2h 9m
About
(Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, Spain, 2023, 129 min, in Spanish, Basque & French with English subtitles)
In a small, sleepy village in the Basque Country, a sculptor named Ane and her three children arrive at her mother Litas home for summer vacation where they are surrounded by extended family and nosy neighbors. Ane and her mothers relationship is strained Lita disapproves of her daughters frayed marriage, career as an artist, and the way she parents her obstinate and mischievous children. Chief among them is eight-year-old Aitor, nicknamed Coco after it becomes clear that being referred to as Aitor elicits feelings of distress in the child. Born biologically male, neither birth name nor the genderless nickname feel quite right, and Anes concern for her child grows as Coco becomes more withdrawn. The childs only respite lies in the Basque hills, where Anes aunt Lourdes tends to the familys beekeeping farm. Among the peaceful humming of bees and Lourdes open-minded guardianship, Coco slowly begins to confide in family and friends her discomfort in her body, eventually voicing a desire to be treated as a girl. As Coco explores her own developing identity over the summer, Ane and the rest of her family in turn must learn to accept the child as she is.
Basque director Estibaliz Urresola Solagurens assured debut feature is a wonderfully sensitive work carried by the Berlinale Silver Bear-winning lead performance of newcomer Sofía Otero. An authentic and heart-wrenching story of transition, 20,000 Species of Bees is a landmark in the filmic discussion of gender, sexuality and identity (Film Verdict).
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