The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness
MovieTitle | La tiricia o cómo curar la tristeza |
User score | 5.5 |
Release date | Aug 26, 2012 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Ángeles Cruz |
Production country | Mexico |
Production companies | Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía |
Run time | 12 min. |
The tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations afflicted with being tiricientas: Ita, Justa and Alicia – grandmother, mother and daughter – who have at different times suffered, tolerated and allowed abuse, dragging on the disease. Alicia decides to break the cycle, eradicating it for future generations.