Maroa (film)

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Maroa" film – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Maroa
Film poster
Directed by	Solveig Hoogesteijn
Written by	Fernando Castets Solveig Hoogesteijn Claudia Nazoa
Starring	Tristán Ulloa Yorlis Domínguez Elba Escobar
Cinematography	Alfredo Mayo
Edited by	Carmen Frías
Music by	Nascuy Linares
Release date	March 16, 2006 (2006-03-16) (Toulouse Latin America Film Festival)
Country	Venezuela
Language	Spanish

Maroa, a

, Maroa is, according to Below the Line magazine:

"The story of an 11-year-old girl living in the slums of Caracas whose bleak future at the hands of a cruel grandmother, Brigida, and local thugs changes upon first hearing the notes of a classically played clarinet. Sentenced to a reform school for delinquent children, Maroa attends her first music class and falls in love with both Mozart and her music teacher, Joaquín – played by Tristán Ulloa, “Sex and Lucia” – who becomes the first person to give her hope and unconditional support. Joaquín recognizes her rare, raw talent and is determined to pass on the discipline and skills to turn her life around. The challenges they face and their unique student-teacher bond change both their lives forever."

Maroa, though it shows the cruelty and violence present in the lives of children of the

.

Domínguez' "confident, spontaneous and uniquely authentic portrayal" (according to Below the Line, a

, and having had it suggested that it would be therapeutic for her to become involved in acting in some way—her parents were seeking a casting office. Their conversation was overheard by the casting agent, who was at that very moment, engaged in a frantic search for a girl of the right age and appearance who would be capable of the somewhat difficult role—of Maroa, an orphan on the brink of living a life of crime on the streets, who becomes transformed by the power of music.

Presented by Macu Films and Tornasol Films in association with Televisión Española, Canal+ and with the support of Ibermedia,

.

Crew

The production team was as follows:

• Executive Producers, Solveig Hoogesteijn and Diana Sánchez
• Line Producer
  , Josean Gómez
• Associate Producer
  , Thierry Forte
• Directed by Solveig Hoogesteijn.
• Written by Fernando Castets, Solveig Hoogesteijn and Claudia Nazoa
• Cinematographer, Alfredo Mayo
• Editor
  Carmen Frías
• Production Design, Diego Rísquez
• Costume Design Rosa Muñoz
• Original Music Nascuy Linares
• Sound editor Stefano Gramitto
• Re-Recording Mixer, Carlos Garrido
• International Film Sales: David Castellanos, Latido Films (http://www.latidofilms.com)

External links

• Maroa at
  IMDb