THE BROKEN R

(Rotacismo)

Ecuador, Italy · 2025 · 85'

Directed by Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren

Produced by Soledad Santelices and Matteo Pecorara for INCUBADORA

Your Return: Bem-vindo

Your Return: Galeria

Synopsis
My name is Ricardo. For 24 years, I’ve struggled to pronounce the letter R, a challenge that has led me to suppress my own voice. This documentary essay is an intimate journey in search of the identity of my voice and the effort to set it free, mirrored in my return to my parents’ home. The Broken R unfolds as a journey where the concept of voice becomes intertwined with that of identity. It explores questions of invisibility, the late emergence of the voice, and the complexity of self-construction shaped by disability and dissident sexuality.

Your Return: Sobre

Your Return: Prêmios

Best Film and Director at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
All inclusive Award nominee at Dok.Fest Munich
Best Film at Cinalfama IFF

IDFA

Sheffield DocFest

EDOC IDFF

Camara Lucida International Contemporary FF

FICQ Quito IFF

Kunturñawi Ecuadorian FF

FIDBA

Novos Cinemas - Festival Internacional de Cine Pontevedra

Piriápolis de Películas International Film Festival

Festival de Cine de Chiloé

Corriente: Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cine de No Ficción

trailer: MAMA

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