The Flight of the Stork
El Vol de la Cigonya
Synopsis
At 29, Soumaya feels the need to travel to Algeria to connect with the world her mother, Malika, left behind when she migrated to Barcelona. With her childhood friend behind the camera, Soumaya begins to question her own place in her family’s story and to feel the weight of traditions that have shaped her life. Amid family archives, conversations with her grandmother, and calls with her mother during Ramadan, what starts as a personal search transforms into a journey of understanding about a family bond marked by exile. Three generations of women, each in their own way, try to find common ground despite the distances and beliefs that separate them.
Technical Details
Genre: Auteur Documentary
Audience: All Audiences
Runtime: 77’ & 60’
Original version: Arabic, Catalan, Spanish
Format: Colour, 2K, Digital Stereo
Status: Development
First Feature Film
Writer & Director
Soumaya Hidalgo Djahdou, Berta Vicente Salas
Production Company
Migranta Films (Spain)
Producers
Soumaya Hidalgo Djahdou, Berta Vicente, Matheus Mello
Director of Photography
Berta Vicente Salas
Sound
Berta Vicente Salas
Editor
Meritxell Collell
Sound Advisor
Eva Valiño
Script Editor
Laia Manresa