Bad Hair

Junior is living with his mother and baby brother in the suburbs of Caracas. His only friend is a girl, and he doesn't fit in with the other boys. His greatest wish is to straighten his big, curly hair and dress up as a singer for the school yearbook photo.

Junior's mother has just lost her job, and tries to raise her two kids alone. She is more and more concerned about Junior's abnormalities. Her fear of her son being gay, and Junior's struggle for being himself, makes the foreground of this drama. We follow both mother and son, where the mother can only see her son's mistakes and the son is pulled between doing what he wants and trying to gain his mother's love. ahm

Marina Rondón (b. 1966) was born in Venezuela, and has a degree from EICTV Film School in Cuba. She has both written and directed Bad Hair (Pelo malo, 2013), which has won acclaim at different film festivals. Previous films by Rondón include At Midnight and a Half (2000) and Postcards from Leningrad (2007).

Meet Mariana Rondón in conversation:

11th of October at 9 PM, Ringen 1