The Aurora Project

Danny didn't plan to fall for Ana. He didn't plan to get stranded in Madrid either. Now he's six thousand miles away, living with his dad, buried in bureaucracy, and holding a relationship together across an ocean on nothing but Wi-Fi and the help of a crazy lot of friends and family. Love is, actually, very inconvenient. But this one might just be worth it.

Simón González (Ourense, Spain, 1964) is one of the greatest athletes Spain has given, a living leyend of international kickboxing. His legacy: thirteen kickboxing world championships and a historical record that hasn’t changed his disciplined and hardworking personality. After being the King of the World, Simón suffers a home accident that puts him in a wheelchair until today.

On an imaginary island, Gloria Zamora, a working mother, unleashes her true nature as money and power enter her life, bringing an entire town under her control. Her daughter, Trinidad, narrates the story, judging her mother’s malice through her inner monologue. Meanwhile, in Spain, actress Rocío Aldama, embodying Sara Montiel, chases her dream of success, as two worlds intertwine in a web of coincidences and misfortunes.

Through small yet meaningful anecdotes and reflections, a handful of individual voices come together to form a collective narrative that speaks to the everyday lives and challenges of Latinos who have grown up in the contemporary US South.