CASA BLANCA WINS IN TURKEY
The TRT Documentary Awards have just been given. Aleksandra Maciuszek will come back from Turkey with a statuette for her film "Casa Blanca."
TRT Documentary Awards are annual awards granted by the Turkish television channel TRT. Documentary films are evaluated in two categories: Turkish film competition and international competition. This year, the Best International Documentary Film Award went to Aleksandra Maciuszek for her film "Casa Blanca."
The film "Casa Blanca" is set in a small fishing village on the Gulf of Havana. Nelsa (76) and her son Vladimir (37), suffering from the Down's syndrome, share a small room in an overcrowded multi-family tenement house. Vladimir is the sole guardian of the ailing Nelsa, Nelsa - the only guardian of Vladimir, who easily gets into trouble. Their life is characterised by conflicts: the woman tries to control the son, while he, rather than being with his mother, prefers to spend time with the fishermen, helping them in their work, frolicking and drinking rum. Every day, Nelsa has to traverse the streets of Casa Blanca in search of her only son, who does not return home until late. One day, the woman's heath deteriorates.