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Eyes That Do Not See
Original Title
Ojos Que No Ven- Director: Patricia Ovando
- Writer: Patricia Ovando
- Producer: Carla Ovando; Nelly Ovando
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Josephine is a 15 year-old first generation Salvadorean American. Her mother Margarita and their friend Rosmery prepare for Josephine's quinceanera. Margarita is working hard to scrape together what she can to make the party all that she didn't have when she was growing up.
Meanwhile, Josephine has other plans and a whole other way of life that her mother refuses to see and come to terms with. This story explores a mother and daughter relationship and their differing views of gender, sexuality and expression. It alludes to what can happen when parents do not support their young people as they grow up. Josephine struggles to scape the mold that her mother wants to fit her into.
Trailer...
Ojos Que No Ven/ Eyes That Do Not See from Patricia C. Ovando on Vimeo.
Cast & Characters
Tatiana Maricely as Josephine;
Alma Herrera-Pazmino;
Betty Bejarano as Rosmery;
Patricia Veliz Macal as Margarita