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Escapes

Original title: Huidas
  • 20142014
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Huidas (2014)
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After China's father death, China gets involved in a trip which will help her to find the human being's essence. A travel in which she will discover that running away is not the way.After China's father death, China gets involved in a trip which will help her to find the human being's essence. A travel in which she will discover that running away is not the way.After China's father death, China gets involved in a trip which will help her to find the human being's essence. A travel in which she will discover that running away is not the way.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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  • Director
    • Mercedes Gaspar
  • Writer
    • Mercedes Gaspar
  • Stars
    • Huichi Chiu
    • Liberto Rabal
    • Asunción Balaguer
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  • Director
    • Mercedes Gaspar
  • Writer
    • Mercedes Gaspar
  • Stars
    • Huichi Chiu
    • Liberto Rabal
    • Asunción Balaguer
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    Asunción Balaguer, Huichi Chiu, and Laura De Pedro in Huidas (2014)
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    Huichi Chiu
    Huichi Chiu
    • Chinaas China
    Liberto Rabal
    Liberto Rabal
    • Raúlas Raúl
    Asunción Balaguer
    Asunción Balaguer
    • Asunciónas Asunción
    Laura De Pedro
    Laura De Pedro
    • Lunaas Luna
    Omar Badreddine
    • Musas Mus
    Vicente Gil
    Vicente Gil
    • Sor Teresaas Sor Teresa
    Felipe García Vélez
    Felipe García Vélez
    • Hombre del Sacoas Hombre del Saco
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    David Andrade
    • Manuelas Manuel
    Ángel Álcazar
    Antonio Campos
    • Ramónas Ramón
    Hugo Kim
    • Jannas Jann
    David Elorz
    • Inspector Lópezas Inspector López
    Paca Gabaldón
    Paca Gabaldón
    • Zabaletaas Zabaleta
    Zoe Berriatúa
    Zoe Berriatúa
    • Estebánas Estebán
    Josele Román
    Josele Román
    • Espíritu Santoas Espíritu Santo
    Isabel Prinz
    • Periodistaas Periodista
    Francisco Conde
    Francisco Conde
    • Macarra Cocheas Macarra Coche
    Eva Krassing
    • Dafne Directora Galeríaas Dafne Directora Galería
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      • Mercedes Gaspar
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      • Mercedes Gaspar
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    China is the name of a young American of Spanish and Chinese origin and photographer by profession. She has recently suffered the loss of her family. Gripped by loneliness, she decides to start on a trip to Spain; a journey that will give back to her the memory of her father. Her escape increasingly brings her closer to nature, to the Spanish people and their land. Her feelings and her gaze also evolve as time goes by. She gradually matures, she finds herself. In her journey she has to overcome particularly hard times, even coming very close to death. However, she also finds help and understanding which motivate her to overcome her grief and to find her roots. As an artist she initiates a new, more profound path; a gaze that unites her parents and is portrayed in the pictures she takes. If at the beginning of her trip China felt alone for the loss of her family, at the end of it she succeeds in gaining a new family that gives meaning to her life. Destiny puts in her hands the life of a Moroccan child called Mus, whom she rescues and ends up adopting, and also a new love. —Anonymous
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    A powerful interplay of emotions
    China, a young American girl of Spanish and Chinese origin, is gripped by a deep sense of grief and loneliness after her father's sudden death. She gets consumed by profound guilt and repentance for neglecting her father, as she remained busy with her work in photography. While trying to escape from the mundane world of materialistic pursuits, she decides to embark on a trip to all the places she visited with her father. Along the way, she encounters danger, defeat as well as triumph.

    This important journey brings back to life the memories of her father. Her escape increasingly brings her closer to the nature, Spanish people and their country. Her feelings also evolve as the time goes by - she gradually matures and rediscovers her lost self. In her journey, she has to overcome very hard times, even a close encounter with death. However, she also finds help and understanding which motivate her to overcome her grief and find her roots. As an artist, she develops a new way of mourning, which represents a brighter approach to the understanding of grief. Her unfulfilled desire to unite her parents is brilliantly portrayed in the pictures she takes.

    At the beginning of her trip China felt alone because of the loss of her family but at the end she succeeds in gaining a new family which gives meaning to her life. Once again, destiny puts in her hands the life of optimism, hope and belief in the essential goodness of humankind.

    The eventful journey takes her into very dark domains of life, to the ruthless world of people wearing masks of hypocrisy. She becomes a victim of the most heinous crimes, which include even a violent sexual assault. The film features a powerful interplay of emotions. Poetically shot and written, "Escapes (Huidas)" is part fantasy, part visual art and a lot a raw emotion. The title doesn't correspond only with the physical escapades the protagonist must go through, but also with the mental ones. Her trip symbolizes her quest to find the justification of human existence while realizing at the same time that running away from the illusory world of sorrows is not the real solution.

    A cult film in its own right, "Escapes (Huidas)" unveils the dark facets of human life that each one of us encounters at every crossroad. The film portrays the transitional dimensions of Spanish road movies.

    China's suffering resonates well with the belief that women are more vulnerable to complicated grief than men. Elements of the emotional struggle with death, dying, grief and bereavement are all well depicted. The grief that spills out as a severe depression enables China, in the long run, to mature and grow a lot as a person. Eventually, she focuses on heading towards the positive direction. The film strongly conveys the message that grief is an inevitable part of life, but brooding on it doesn't make it any easier. The deep sorrow that accompanies the death of a loved one is real and universal. However, pain and death are the part of life to be accepted and not escaped from.

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    • Release date
      • October 25, 2014 (Spain)
    • Country of origin
      • Spain
    • Language
      • Spanish
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    • Filming locations
      • USA
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      • La Fragua Audiovisual
      • Mercedes Gaspar Salvo
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