VALENTINA is a hybrid film — part narrative-comedy and part documentary – pressed against the backdrop of the busiest border crossing in the United States.
After receiving a series of tickets she can’t afford to pay, Valentina decides to confront her local city council. What should be a straightforward task is quickly derailed by a crippling combination of laziness, debt, bureaucracy, partying, and imposing members of a close-knit family. For 48 hours, we meander through West Texas with her.
VALENTINA is a portrait of young adulthood in an American border town. If you’ve ever wondered what the US-Mexico border is like, this is it.
Keyla Monterroso Mejia — the only actor in the film — stars as Valentina. All other people, locations, laws, conversations, cops, priests, and city electeds are real.
- Runtime79 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNY
- DirectorTatti Ribeiro
VALENTINA is a hybrid film — part narrative-comedy and part documentary – pressed against the backdrop of the busiest border crossing in the United States.
After receiving a series of tickets she can’t afford to pay, Valentina decides to confront her local city council. What should be a straightforward task is quickly derailed by a crippling combination of laziness, debt, bureaucracy, partying, and imposing members of a close-knit family. For 48 hours, we meander through West Texas with her.
VALENTINA is a portrait of young adulthood in an American border town. If you’ve ever wondered what the US-Mexico border is like, this is it.
Keyla Monterroso Mejia — the only actor in the film — stars as Valentina. All other people, locations, laws, conversations, cops, priests, and city electeds are real.
- Runtime79 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNY
- DirectorTatti Ribeiro