Carolinas World

Carolina the titular heroine gets a fit of giggles at the start of the film to the mild disapproval of her mother It was because of the silence explains Caro one of those silences that sometimes fall in conversations when she has to come up with an answer to a question Caro is 20 and she has Down syndrome She met documentary director Mariana Viñoles five years ago and now here they are making a film together at Caros mothers kitchen table The method is utterly transparent the camera points constantly at Caro exploring her face her arms and her hands as if together they formed a landscape Viñoles asks questions and Caro responds In addition to discussing her life being in love and Pablos wonderfully long kisses she talks about what its like to be making a film All the time life goes on as usual around them a baby is slid into the frame