Private Project

Love and Trembling

Paola, a German language teacher, has put all her hopes and dreams on the chance to be a mother, finally. After being informed of a medical condition, the diagnosis snatches that chance. Detached, turned to isolation, on the edge of fear and depression, Paola must bear with the impossibility of her desire, of her will to life.

  • Johan Mora
    Director
  • Johan Mora
    Writer
  • Charlie Moreno
    Producer
    The Couple
  • Paola Murillo
    Key Cast
    "Paola"
  • Jairo Jhasua Beltrán
    Director of Photography
  • Johan Mora
    Sound Designer
  • Edwin Noguera
    Music by
  • Néstor Blanco
    Music by
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Del barrio, mi vida
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 37 minutes 32 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 1, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Colombia
  • Country of Filming:
    Colombia
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Johan Mora

Studied Film and Media and has an MA in Art History (Outstanding Dissertation Award) at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. As a screenwriter, he has been selected to Segundo Laboratorio de Guión 2014 (Cinefilia Medellín) and VI Bolivia Lab - 2016. As a director, to events like FIC Gibara 2019, WIP SANFICI 2020, and festivals such as the 40th Montreal World Film Festival in 2016 (Best Student Fiction Film). His work has also been shown on Señal Colombia's slot “En cine nos vemos”.

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Director Statement

Love and Trembling is an intimate portrait of a woman, Paola Murillo, who suffers from distinct physical and genetic conditions. These peculiarities make her stand out as a member of a large group, those who suffer from the same conditions. During the project’s drafting stage, one of the key motivations to tell the story arose from an absent space in domestic cinema: the low visibility of people who suffer from HPS' albinism (Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome). These peculiarities are not a characteristic foreign to the film’s dramatic essence; Paola’s psychological construction and conflict feed from this characteristic in the same manner as the film feeds from her medical and genetic condition. But the film is not only that. The story is a sincere effort to free her from that label, to portray her intimacy, her feeling of alienation from the world, her humanity, and most of all, to redeem her condition as a woman.