World of Shorts - the Berlinale 2014 issue

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lA CASONA the Big house

Several pregnant women needing particular attention live in the Cuban Maternal Waiting Home “La Casona” (“e Big House”).

Juliette Touin Cuba

As animated paintings, different life scenes portray La Casona and its occupants. One of them spends her time time being the businesswoman of the place. e oldest, pregnant with twins, has to face the news that her daughter is pregnant too. Others speculate about how they will get their future child married. A young one has to face the fact her husband doesn't want the twin girls she is expecting. Amid all these women, Yudi, a 15-year-old girl, tries to maintain a distant and disfunctional relationship with the father of her future child.

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