Carmen Vidal

After the Civil War, between 20,000 and 30,000 Spaniards went into exile in Mexico. This was the country that welcomed the most exiles, after France.

The regular visitors to a recycling center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, run by René, a discreet Mexican who works and sleeps there, and by the Spaniard Ana de Luco, form a community capable of transcending their reality to turn it into a realm of their own, sometimes surreal, outside the great collective swindle of the American dream. (Based on the short film The Fourth Kingdom, 2017.)

The countdown against her body has begun. Despite fatigue and coordination problems, she refuses to give up her passion. Her husband, Igor, watches Diana's progress with concern and tries to make her understand the importance of dealing with the disease and making changes in her life. Terrified, feeling guilty and unable to accept her new reality, she ignores all the hands reaching out to help her and makes a superhuman effort to remain independent.

The regular visitors to a recycling center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, run by René, a discreet Mexican who works and sleeps there, and by the Spaniard Ana de Luco, form a community capable of transcending their reality to turn it into a realm of their own, sometimes surreal, outside the great collective swindle of the American dream.