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It's New Year's Eve in Medarcos, a small town in the mountains of Madrid, inhospitable and frozen. Roma is 9 years old and her favorite place is the lap of her father, Rodolfo. But the atmosphere is rarefied after her mother has decided not to spend the holidays with her father's family. When Roma dresses up as a boy to sing in the middle of the family celebration, she discovers her father's intolerance. Nothing will be the same.
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In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts, and other relatives. As the day goes on, building to an event both anticipated and dreaded, Sol begins to understand the gravity of the celebration this year and watches as her family does the same.

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