ESTIU 1993

[Machine Translation] To those of us who were once girls... An unforgettable masterpiece based on a true story is finally coming to Blu-ray! The film had its world premiere at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival, one of the three major international film festivals in the world, and won the Grand Prix for Best New Director and Generation Kplus (the highest award for youth and children's films)! The film represented Spain at the 2018 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, and has been nominated and won awards at film festivals around the world! --Frida is a young woman who is quietly watching her belongings being packed in a cardboard box in a corner of her room. She looks like an ornament left behind by her mother (Neus) at the end of her life. After her parents died of a certain illness, she left her grandparents in Barcelona and went to live with her young uncle and his family in the Catalan countryside. Frida is a city girl who was pampered and raised by her grandmothers while her mother was in the hospital. Meanwhile, her uncle, aunt, and young cousin Ana live a self-sufficient life in the countryside. They warmly welcome Frida as a member of their family, but it takes time for them to adjust to each other like a real family...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: short film "LIPSTICK" by Carla Simon (10 min.), trailer

かつて少女だった私たちへ――。実話から生まれた、忘れがたい名作がついにBlu-ray化! 世界三大国際映画祭のひとつ、2017年ベルリン国際映画祭にてワールドプレミアを果たし、新人監督賞とジェネレーションKplus部門(青少年・子供映画の最高賞)グランプリ受賞! 2018年米アカデミー賞外国語映画賞スペイン代表作品、そして世界各国の映画祭にノミネート&受賞! ――フリダは部屋の片隅で、荷物がダンボールに詰められるのを静かに見つめていた。その姿は、まるで母親(ネウス)が最後に残していった置物のようだ。両親を"ある病気"で亡くし一人になった彼女は、バルセロナの祖父母の元を離れ、カタルーニャの田舎に住む若い叔父家族と一緒に暮らすことになる。母親の入院中、祖母たちに甘やかされて育てられていた都会っ子のフリダ。一方、田舎で自給自足の生活を送っている叔父と叔母、そして幼いいとこのアナ。彼らは、家族の一員としてフリダを温かく迎え入れるが、本当の家族のように馴染むのには互いに時間がかかり・・・。

映像特典: カルラ・シモン監督短編『LIPSTICK』(10分)、劇場予告編(2分)