Toloriu

Overview

In Toloriu, a small village nestled between the Catalan pyrenees, the people tell the story of Xipahuatzin, daughter of the aztec emperor Moctezuma, taken there by the baron Joan de Grau during the Spanish conquest. Several years later, incapable of adapting to the cold mountains, Xipahuatzin died of sadness. Drawn to this story, Mexican filmmaker Patricia Ordaz travelled to this village to explore the landscapes that harbored the princess, and record the traditions of an almost ghost town. Do we exist beyond the stories we tell?