Spanish with English subtitles

Amanda is 33 years old and suffers from a condition: she cannot sleep alone. Her dull life is suddenly altered when she is forced to take care of her old alcoholic grandmother, Dolores (played by veteran actress Adriana Roel), a retired actress who lives on her past glories. Largely based on the filmmaker’s relationship to her grandmother, Beristain’s promising feature film, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, was the winner of the prize for Best Film at the 2012 Morelia Film Festival.

About the Director
Natalia Beristain graduated from the CCC film school with a degree in film directing. Her short film Peces plátano won the best Mexican short film award at the 5th Morelia International Film Festival. In 2010, she directed Entre guerras, a work that forms part of the alternative repertoire of the National Theater Company. No quiero dormir sola (2012) is her feature film debut.