RUEGA POR NOSOTROS - PRAY FOR US

(Directed by Carolina Mieling & Lucia Rosati, Mexico 2009, 35 min., Spanish with German subtitles)

Bittfüruns (Pray for us) is a documentary that tries to reconstruct the history and the influence of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico (especially in Guadalajara, Jalisco) from different points of view. Its focus lies on the archetype of the Mexican woman who is always in wake, praying and taking care of her children. Whilst feeding machism which has struck roots and become uncontested for many years.

Austria and Mexico join forces in creating this documentary; from the individuals working in a creative team to the consulted experts. Having this cultural mix the documentary not only exposes a reflection of Mexican society under the influence of the Virgin of Guadalupe, yet also a non Mexican perspective of this social phenomenon.

Bittfüruns more than to represent a social microscope, is a cultural kaleidoscope, where the reality of the woman is exposed confirming with traditions, symbols, cultural evolutions, machismo and miracles.