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The Broken R
Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren
Ecuador, Italy | 2025 | 84’ | Colour | DCP
GALICIAN PREMIERE
Q&A with Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren e Soledad Santelices

My name is Ricardo. I have struggled to pronounce the letter R for 24 years, which has led me to repress my voice. This documentary essay is an intimate journey in search of my voice’s identity and the effort to liberate it, which is reflected in my personal journey back to my parents’ house. In this way, Rotacismo is presented as a documentary essay in which, little by little, the concept of voice becomes intertwined with that of identity. It also seeks to answer questions about invisibility, delayed voice development, and the complexity of self-construction, marked by disability and dissident sexuality.

10 DEC | 12.00h
Teatro Principal

Dirección / Direction

Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren was born in Quito, Ecuador. He directed the short documentary El silencio del tiempo, which participated in several festivals around the world. In 2013, he collaborated with the International Documentary Encounter of Ecuador (EDOC). Since 2017, he has been a member of INCUBADORA S. A. Rotacismo is his first feature-length documentary, made with funding from Ecuador, Ibermedia, Sundance, and the IDFA Bertha Fund. Ricardo has a Master's Degree in Film Creation from Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (San Sebastián Film School).

Guión / Script

Soledad Santelices, Nicole Moscoso Vergara, Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren

Fotografía / Photography

Diego Lucero, Santiago García, Nicole Moscoso Vergara, Ricardo Ruales Eguiguren

Montaxe / Montaje / Edition

Nicole Moscoso Vergara

Son / Sonido / Sound

Gabriela Yánez

Música / Music

Manuela Solines

Productores / Productores / Producers

Soledad Santelices, Matteo Pecorara

Produtoras / Productoras / Production company

Incubadora, Small Boss Production, Arte Bennu, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola

Contacto / Contact

Incubadora Soledad Santelices | solesantelices@gmail.com Teléfono: +34 685 635 991 Utopiadocs Renato Manganello | renato@utopiadocs.net

Festivais / Festivales / Festivals

Festival Cámara Lúcida 2025. National Competittion Audience Award Sheffield Doc Fest 2025. Opening Film EDOC (Ecuador) 2025. Urgencias