Anita

About The Film

A terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires upends the world of a girl with Down syndrome and propels her on a life-changing journey in this poignant family drama. Anita Feldman (an extraordinary debut performance by Alejandra Manzo) is lovingly cared for by her mother (Oscar-nominee Norma Aleandro, Only Human), and spends weekdays helping her run a small stationary store in their Jewish neighborhood. Everything changes on July 18, 1994, when a car bomb explodes outside the AMIA Jewish community center, killing 85 people and injuring hundreds. Disoriented in the wake of the attack, Anita wanders the city in search of her missing mother, touching the lives of those around her while learning to care for herself. Meantime, her brother (Peto Menahem) begins his desperate search for Anita hoping she would be alive. Best Picture and Audience Award winner at the 2009 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival.