Maroa (2005)
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Cast
Tristán Ulloa, Yorlis Domínguez, Elba Escobar, Luke Grande, Enghel Alejo, Victor Cuno
An impoverished Caracas girl discovers a passion for Mozart after hearing a clarinet, opening a path to new possibilities.
The story
Eleven-year-old Maroa lives in a suburb of Caracas amid poverty, a neighbor who sells crack, drunken men’s obscenities, and nighttime gunshots and fights. Impetuous and determined, she struggles to survive in an environment that seems to leave her no future. Her life takes a new direction when she hears a clarinet. Drawn to Mozart, Maroa encounters the possibility of an education through a musician, offering her a chance to imagine new possibilities beyond the circumstances surrounding her.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Maroa is an eleven-year-old girl who lives in a suburb of Caracas, surrounded by the tacky soap opera “Delirios de amor,” a neighbor who makes her living selling crack, the drunken men’s obscenities, and nighttime gunshots and fights. Impetuous and determined, a survivor in an impoverished environment, Maroa’s life seems to have no future until she hears a clarinet. From that moment on, her passion for Mozart and the education offered to her by a musician will open up new possibilities for the young Maroa.
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