CLAUDIO RISSI

THE DESERT BRIDE
Starring Paulina García and Claudio Rissi. Directed by Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato.

Fifty-four year old Teresa has worked for decades as the live-in maid for an upper class family in Buenos Aires. But when they can no longer afford to employ her, they find Teresa work with their in-laws, who live miles away in San Juan. Although daunted by the prospect of making a completely new life, she embarks on the trip. But at her first stop, in the land of the miraculous “Saint Correa”, she loses her small bag with all her belongings. The incident leads her to cross paths with Gringo, a free-spirited door-to-door salesman, who offers to help. What seems like the end of the world may ultimately prove her salvation.