Guián

Director	Nicole Chi Amén
Year	2023
Country	Costa Rica
Runtime	1h 15m
Language	Chinese Regional Dialects, Mandarin, Spanish In Spanish, Chinese Regional Dialects, and Mandarin with English subtitles
Format	DCP
TMDB	View entry

Synopsis

Director Nicole Chi Amén, a Costa Rican filmmaker of Chinese descent, investigates her fascinating family story in this sensual diaristic film about language, nationality, and identity. As a young woman, Amén’s grandmother fled China’s cultural revolution, following a handful of relatives to Costa Rica. Exploring the textures, sounds, and objects connected to her grandmother, Amén searches for belonging in her family’s Chinese past. A selection of the Visions du Réel festival in Switzerland, GUIÁN was supported by an AFS Grant. With Nicole Chi Amén in person.

Listed at AFS

Archived on the AFS site on Wed, Apr 24 2024. These dates are inferred from Wayback Machine captures and may not be accurate.