A comment on Una Escuela de Cerro Hueso Ema's family stands out. They have white skin and are used to the life in a big city. Ema, the six-year-old dauthter, is not like the other children in her new school. Those who have read the film description already know: Ema has autism. A developmental disorder that is often revealed in social interaction and communication. However, this information is withheld from the audience until the last scene. Only then the autism is mentioned. In that way, director Betania Cappato creates an unprejudiced space in which the viewers can experience Ema's everyday life without any bias concerning her condition. Una Escuela de Cerro Hueso consists almost fragmentarily of segments, always separated by a few seconds of black screen: Ema in class, Ema at home, Ema's parents. They seem like associative thoughts that Cappato remembers from her own childhood. In the end it is explained that the film is autobiographical and based on the life of the d...