Omschrijving
In this moving family saga, a teenage woman
uncovers the hushed history of sexual violence that
shattered her grandmother’s life.
Buenos Aires, 2001. When Vilma passes away, few friends and
relatives care to attend her funeral. This conspicuous absence
sparks the curiosity of her 19-year-old granddaughter, Rocio, who
moves into the house her grandmother has left her. In this home
haunted by memories, she delves into Vilma’s life and uncovers
a family history shrouded in tragedy.
Moving seamlessly between Italy at the beginning of the
20th century and Argentina at the beginning of the 21st century,
Mothballs draws a poetic comparison between the lives of
grandmother and granddaughter. Both women are strong-willed
and ambitious, eager to forge their own way, but face pressure
from family and society to conform to the paths set for them. At a
crossroads in her own life, knowing well the isolation her grandmother
felt, Rocio seeks to break free from the chain of history.
Mothballs chronicles fraught family dynamics with rare nuance
and sensitivity, sprinkling in moments of tenderness, vulnerability,
and whimsy amidst the pain, a showcase of tour de force cartooning
that marks Sole Otero as a major talent in the global comics scene.