“Nina”, interview with director Andrea Jaurrieta

"Nina" by Andrea Jaurrieta is in competition at the 42°Torino Film Festival. The film is a thriller drama starring Patricia López Arnaiz and it is defined by its author as a contemporary western.  Jaurrieta investigates on the meaning of vengeance and whether it can be a solution as violence should never be fought with violence.  López Arnaiz is "Nina", a woman deciding to return to her hometown after many many years to finally get her revenge with the man who destroyed her life, played on screen by Darío Grandinetti. Of her film, Andrea Jaurrieta wrote in her director’s notes: “Through Nina I first want to talk about abuse, make a reflection on where the limits of consent are. A subject that crosses cultural barriers and affects all societies in a transversal way. In my opinion, there is an urgent need to reflect on abuse from an active feminine point of view. Not from victimization, but from the psychological and social complexity that figures in this kind of relationship.”