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Sara Jaramillo Klinkert and Gustavo Rodríguez in conversation with Catalina Villa

In search of identity

Cartagena 2026, 

The characters of El cielo está vacío, by Sara Jaramillo Klinkert (Colombia), and Mamita, by Gustavo Rodríguez (Peru), are, in their own way, examining history in order to strengthen and understand their identity. Rodríguez pays homage to his mother and grandmothers, telling their story and exploring family memory. Jaramillo Klinkert proposes a rite of passage, in which a young Colombian woman who has travelled to London suffers from the vulnerabilities of the migrant, finding herself in a dependent position in an asymmetrical relationship; a work about loneliness and the loss of youth. They will talk to the journalist Catalina Villa.