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Valentina Maurel

Valentina Maurel

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Biography

Valentina Maurel, is of Franco-Costa Rican origin, has a degree in Filmmaking from the Insas in Brussels. Her graduation film, Paul is Here (2017), won the First Cinefondation Prize at Cannes and was screened at the Premiers Plans Film Festival. Lucia en el limbo (2019), her second short film, was selected at the Critic's Week at Cannes, the Toronto International Film Festival and the Premiers Plans Film Festival in 2020.

Known For

I Have Electric Dreams
6.3

Eva a 16-year-old girl lives with her mother, her younger sister and their cat, but wants to move in with her estranged father. Clinging onto him, she tries to balance between the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life.

I Have Electric Dreams

2023
Forever Your Maternal Animal
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After years studying in Europe, Elsa returns to Costa Rica to reunite with her family. She finds her younger sister living alone in the family home, growing increasingly distant and reclusive, as if slipping into a world of her own. Their parents, meanwhile, are absorbed in their own lives. Her father drifts through a series of affairs, while her mother is immersed in republishing the erotic poems of her youth, neither fully grasping the urgency of the situation. Elsa’s return draws the three women into a confrontation with what still binds them, despite everything.

Forever Your Maternal Animal

2026
Paul Is Here
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Paul is here. Like a step backwards, like a ghost knocking at the door. He is here, and his annoying presence will disrupt Jeanne's everyday life.

Paul Is Here

2017
Lucia in Limbo
6.2

Sixteen-year-old Lucia wants to get rid of two things more than anything: her lice & her virginity.

Lucia in Limbo

2019
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Follows soccer player Shirley Cruz, who returns to Costa Rica to play with Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, her childhood team. After living abroad for many years, the woman faces the challenges of returning home and reconnecting with her family, including her soccer player brother Ronald, whose career was not as successful as his sister’s. On top of that, Shirley must grapple with the hard reality of ageing and the limited time she has ahead of her on the field. Within that world, the film will follow other characters, including a younger player struggling to juggle soccer and her day job, and Shirley’s rival, the daughter of a famous player trying her best to reconcile her feelings for a teammate.

No One Knows We Play Today

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