After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a friend’s aunt in Germany, but never finds her. With no papers or money, and without knowing the language, he barely survives living on the street until he meets Ruth, an old retired nurse who doesn’t speak Spanish. Beyond language barriers and prejudices, they discover that solidarity and humanity make life bearable.
Acting
Ferrer and Schöner's wordless chemistry is devastating.
Direction
Suárez lets silence do the heavy lifting.
Director
Jorge Ramírez Suárez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kristyan Ferrer learned basic German for the role but most of his dialogue is improvised Spanish; Ingeborg Schöner spoke no Spanish whatsoever.
The film deliberately mirrors the real 2010s rise of Mexican migration to Europe as US borders tightened, making Ramón's 'wrong turn' historically prescient.
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