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Lili i Marlene
The disturbing story of a relationship. What happens to fairies who can't find true love? Lili believes in fairies, Marlene doesn't. Marlene and Lili, sanity and madness, invite us into the front row of the disturbing story, set in Barcelona, of the relationship between their mother—a Berlin teacher of Catalan—and "Mom's new girlfriend". In the eyes of the children, who were only just starting primary school when they left Berlin, we are allowed to see, from a non-judgmental perspective, the weaknesses and the marvels, the joy, but also the sordidness in a relationship that knows no boundaries, that risks everything, blinded by the fantasy of living a dream in which there are no victims or executioners. "What more do you want me to give you to prove I love you?"