Maroa(Movie, 2005)

Maroa, a Solveig Hoogesteijn film presented in association with TVE, Canal+ and with the support of Ibermedia, ICAA and CNAC, is a 2006 film. Venezuela's Official Selection for the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, Maroa is, according to Below the Line magazine: "The story of an 11-year-old girl living in the slums of Caracas whose bleak future at the hands of a cruel grandmother, Brigida, and local thugs changes upon first hearing the notes of a classically played clarinet. Sentenced to a reform school for delinquent children, Maroa attends her first music class and falls in love with both Mozart and her music teacher, Joaquín – played by Tristán Ulloa, "Sex and Lucia” – who becomes the first person to give her hope and unconditional support. Joaquín recognizes her rare, raw talent and is determined to pass on the discipline and skills to turn her life around. The challenges they face and their unique student-teacher bond change both their lives forever." Maroa, though it shows the cruelty and violence present in the lives of children of the slums of Caracas gives... ()