After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is determined to recover at any cost something much more important than her own freedom. In order to do so, Alma must spend her nights taking care of Clemente, a hypochondriac compulsively obsessed with avoiding sudden death. Their relationship moves through suspicion, fear and compassion to tenderness and love.
Acting
Fragoso Blendl's physical stillness—she barely moves and you cannot look away.
Cinematography
Mexico City at night: fluorescent-lit corridors that feel like purgatory.
Writing
Two people negotiating need without ever saying 'I need you.'
Director
Kenya Marquez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marquez trained as a documentarian; the film's clinical observation of bodies comes from years filming Mexico City's public hospitals.
Albinism in Mexico carries specific stigma tied to colonial racial hierarchies; Alma's visibility as 'other' invisibilizes her simultaneously as worker, mother, lover.
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