22 October, 17:00 · Cinema City – room 6
17 year-old Valeria is pregnant by her teenage boyfriend but she hasn't informed her absent mother, Abril. When her sister Clara goes behind her back and calls Abril, their mother arrives full of concern, support and tenderness. But once the baby is born, it soon becomes clear why Valeria wanted to keep Abril as far away as possible…
Director: | Michel Franco |
Screenplay: | Michel Franco |
Cinematography: | Yves Cape |
Editing: | Jorge Weisz, Michel Franco |
Cast: | Emma Suárez, Ana Valeria Becerril, Enrique Arrizon, Joanna Larequi, Hernán Mendoza |
Producers: | Michel Franco, Lorenzo Vigas, Moisés Zonana |
Production: | Lucía Films |
Awards: | MFF w Cannes / Cannes IFF – Oficjalna Selekcja: przegląd Un Certain Regards / Official Selection: Un Certain Regard section (2017); MFF w San Sebastián / San Sebastián IFF – Nominacja: Nagroda Horizons / Nomination: Horizons Award (2017) |
Michel Franco was born in México City in 1979. As a writer, director and producer, his body of work includes Chronic (which screened in Competition in Cannes 2015 and won the award for Best Screenplay), and After Lucía (which won Best Film in Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2012). Franco is currently developing several feature film and TV projects via his company Lucía Films.
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