Alicia Was Fainting (1994)

Alicia was fainting a bittersweet comingofage featurette from Spanishchoreographer Núria OlivéBellés tells the story of a fourteen yearold girl dealing with her mothers death the onset of womanhood and with her own awakening sexuality Preparing to graduate from elementary school Alicia must now part with her best friend and bloodsister Margarite Resistant to the idea of traditional womens roles Alicia works in a butcher shop where admits the hanging meat and bones she daydreams about her mother and writes letters to Margarite