41^ Lovers Film Festival
OUT OF COMPETITION/FOCUS URUGUAY
SIEMPRE VUELVEN
KEEP COMING BACK
by Sergio De León
Emilio, 18, is not ready: not for his mother’s death, not for the unusual inheritance left to him — one that feels more like a curse — nor for the desires and feelings beginning to surface within him, which he knows he must confront. Around him, and around the dove loft where he starts working after his recent loss, a small constellation of characters revolves, their lives crossing like a flock of doves in flight. Each of them is searching for something: Juan, solitary and reserved, for poetry in life; Muchacho de Pelo Largo, young but already seasoned, for friendship; and Georgina, a mother and a sister, for the balance she longs for. A dreamy, poetic coming-of-age tale in which the film’s emotional core is Emilio’s dove loft, a place that becomes deeply symbolic, and to which, as the title suggests, everyone returns sooner or later.
Biography
film director
Sergio de León
Sergio de León is a Uruguayan director and producer. He graduated from the Uruguayan Film School in 1998, and worked for more than twenty years as an assistant director and production manager. Since 2005, he has also taught at several film schools. Through Vislumbre, the production company he founded, he has produced and directed several documentaries, including La intención del colibrí (2019) and Nieves florecida en astros (2022). Siempre vuelven (2025) marks his debut directing a fiction feature film.
Cast
& Credits
Montaggio/Editing Magdalena Schinca
Fotografia/Photography Eduardo Crespo
Scenografia/Production Design Adrián Suárez
Suono/Sound Daniel Yafalián
Musica/Music Daniel Yafalián, Juan Wauters
Interpreti/Cast Bruce Pintos, Juan Wauters, Anabella Bacigalupo
Produttore/Producer Micaela Solé, Juan Pablo Miller
Produzione/Production Cordón Films, Tarea Fina
Vendite internazionali/World Sales The Open Reel
