Released Date:
2013-04-19
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Uruguay, Colombia
Runtime:
80 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (279 Reviews)
Director:
Alfredo SoderguitFederico Ivanier (adaptation)
Sergio Lèpez Suèrez (novel)
Federico Ivanier (screenplay)
Alfredo Soderguit (screenplay)
Germèn Tejeira (screenplay)
Julièn Goyoaga (screenplay)
Alejo Schettini (screenplay)
Anina Yatay Salas is a ten-year-old girl who does not like her name. Each part is a palindrome, which means it reads the same both forwards and backwards. Her schoolmates are always teasing her about this, especially Anina's arch-enemy Yisel, who Anina sees as an "elephant". One day, Anina and Yisel get into a playground skirmish, so the school principal disciplines them with a weird punishment: they are both given a sealed black envelope which they are not allowed to open for an entire week. Haunted by nightmares and day-dreams, Anina in her anxiousness to find out what horrible punishment awaits her, will get mixed up in a series of adventures, involving secret loves, close friendships and dreadful enemies. Without her realizing it, Anina's efforts to understand the content of the envelope turns into a journey to understand the world and her place in it.
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