The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness

Original title: La tiricia o cómo curar la tristeza

12 minutes • 2012 • 5.5 Score

The tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations afflicted with being tiricientas: Ita, Justa and Alicia – grandmother, mother and daughter – who have at different times suffered, tolerated and allowed abuse, dragging on the disease. Alicia decides to break the cycle, eradicating it for future generations.

Ángeles Cruz

Director