Susana

Susana left her home in Mendoza, Argentina, because it felt too small for her. She also left to distance herself from her family’s expectations. But who is Susana? Seeking to narrate and be narrated, she interviews her parents, her sister Graciela, and two of her ex-girlfriends, Talia and Karen. Her mother describes her as “a stubborn little girl”. “A dramatic lover”, says Talia. “Why did she change so much?” demands her sister. What could be seen as a narcissistic gesture becomes something visceral. Susana turns the camera on herself to film her testimony: “I discovered my vocation for art and for women. Even though, at the time, I didn’t know what the words ‘lesbian’ or ‘homosexual’ meant.”
Susana is a film of unflinching honesty. Between the imagery of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty and the photographs in the family album – both inherited and constructed – she affirms herself as the fractious daughter, the irreverent sister and the desiring lover.

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Clip from "Susana" (1980) from Tjockishjärta Film on Vimeo.