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THE BLUE DINER is a film about food, memory, language, and caskets. It is the story of a Puerto Rican mother and daughter living together in Boston and the difficulties they encounter when the daughter, Elena, mysteriously loses her ability to speak Spanish, her first language. Everyone has a theory about the origin of Elena’s misfortune, but no one knows for certain what has caused the tragic and absurd event. As Elena’s language disappears and the relationship between mother and daughter deteriorates, the two women are forced to confront each other and their murky past.