Synopsis

PRIMAS dresse un portrait poétique de Rocío et sa cousine Aldana, deux adolescentes argentines ayant subi des crimes atroces durant leur enfance, qui sauront se libérer du lourd spectre de leur passé durant leur transition à la vie adulte.
Sillonnant l’Argentine et Montréal, les jeunes filles s’initient à la danse, au mime, au théâtre et au cirque. Elles exprimeront par leur corps, ce que seuls leur imaginaire, leur unique point de vue et leur résilience sans faille peuvent révéler.

PRIMAS is an evocative portrait of two cousins, Rocío and Aldana, Argentinian teenagers who, in the PRIMAS is an evocative portrait of two cousins, Rocío and Aldana, Argentinian teenagers who, in the wake of heinous acts of violence that interrupted their childhoods, will free themselves from the shadows of their past.
Traveling in Argentina and Montreal the girls come of age having revelatory experiences in their everyday lives; learning dance, mime, theatre, circus and visual arts.
They express through their bodies what only their imagination, their unique perspective and their unshakable resilience can reveal.