PRINCESS PILAGA

Gender

Fiction Drama

Duration

100’
Screenplay and Direction:
Gladys Lizarazu
Production:
Jaque content
Coproduction:
Houston Producciones SRL (Paraguay)
Locations:
Germany, Formosa (Argentina) and Paraguay.

Synopsis

A German writer travels to Formosa and gets in contact with Aida, a young pilagá girl who introduces her to her ancestors’ world, a community that lives in an exotic wetland. Aida’s grandmother feels that this white woman poses a threat to her granddaughter. The tension between the old woman and the foreigner will only fall away when facing a major threat: patriarchy.
INCAA funding approved. Looking for European co-production companies (Germany, Luxemburg, Belgium, Spain, France) and distributors. Shooting in 2024.