”Astrid”, Spain

Bulgarian premiere:

“Astrud”/”Astrid”, Spain, 2020, Marc Galver Lacruz, 54`

Astrid’s story is of the calamity of a life-changing incident. Astrid was living a quiet, modest life until a near fatal accident caused the amputation of her right foot. After numerous tests, trials and obstacles, Astrid came out on the other side holding a Paralympic medal to show for all her effort. Her story speaks of her emotional and professional journey, which inevitably transformed her so that the Astrid at the end is a changed person from who she was at the start of all her endeavours. The accident, the 13 surgeries that followed, the decision to amputate, getting up and walking again, pushing through the frustrations of the first disastrous descents and the enormous life effort it took to just keep going. This is Astrid. There’s also another story that shows us that what matters is less where we begin or where we go, but what happens to us on this journey; how we live through all the moments during it and what we do with it when we arrive. A narrative with, at one end a broken young woman and at the other, an Olympian on the floor crying with many accrued emotions with her Paralympian medal.

Awards:

Winning Varesse Film Festival