Shock Labor

Shock Labor

TFI Suppport

TFI Latin America Fund 2017

Logline

In Cuba, 1988, Wilma has a miscarriage while competing in a skeet shooting competition, which she was hiding from her disapproving husband.  While grieving the loss of their child and feeling trapped on their farm, a tornado carries Wilma away and she lands in a luxurious tourist area. It is this life threatening experience and time away from her husband where she learns that there’s no place like home. 

Shock Labor

Marcos Diaz Sosa

SCREENWRITER, DIRECTOR

A novel Cuban film director and playwright. At the age of 17 he directed Fractal, a 60 minutes documentary awarded in the 5th Muestra Joven, Cuba. He recently completed the short film (Official Competition in FICG32, Mexico). 

Shock Labor

Maria Carla del Rio

PRODUCER

Maria Carla is a Cuban film producer. She studied at the EICTV and is co-manager of Nuevas Miradas EICTV Workshop for Films in Development. She has produced films from very well known Cuban filmmakers. The most recent one is the documentary Between The Lines.