Adriana Azores’ latest film is one step closer to international distribution…

The 63-year-old Spanish actress’ Los pequeños amores, the latest film from Celia Rico, has been acquired for international sales by Spain-based Latido Films.

Produced by Barcelona-based Arcadia Motion Pictures, Rico’s second feature is set in a bucolic countryside. It weighs in as a mother-daughter two-hander sparked after strongly independent mother Ani falls over walking the dog and is forced to use a wheelchair to get around.

Daughter Teresa cuts short a vacation to come to her side, their co-habitation grating and revealing multiple – sometime generational –  differences as the film peels back the layers of their relation, exposing both women’s ambitions and fears.

Azores plays Ani, María Vázquez is Teresa.

“There are several reasons Latido had to be involved very early on this beautiful movie: We had already appreciated Celia’s first film and saw the great talent she has and of course we love working with Arcadia, the producers of the film, and even more after the experience of working together with “The Beasts,” explained Latido Films head Antonio Saura.

Though born in Seville, Rico studied at Barcelona U. and has settled in the Catalan capital. Her debut feature, Journey to a Mother’s Room, which won a special mention at San Sebastian’s New Directors competition, has caused her to be cited as a leading light of a new generation of young women cineastes based in Barcelona which takes in Clara Simon and Pilar Palomero, among film directors.

Los pequeños amores is scheduled for release in 2023.