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Motherhood

Original title: Maternal, La
German title: ... und Mutter sein
Spain, 2022

Director: Palomero, Pilar
Production company: Inicia Films, Bteam Pictures
Age recommendation: 14 years and up
Length: 120 min.
Film genre: Feature film

Synopsis:
At the age of 14, Carla is a wild and rebellious teenager. Living in a modest restaurant on the outskirts of town with her young single mother, she skips school and passes the time with her friend Efraín. When a social worker realizes that Carla is five months pregnant, she is taken to ‘La Maternal’, a center for teenage mothers, to live with other young women like herself. Together with their babies, they will learn to cope with this new adult life for which they had no time to prepare.

Festivals:
San Sebastian IFF 2022 (awarded), Schlingel CFF Chemnitz 2022, Just Film Tallinn 2022, BUFF Malmö CFF 2023, Int. Women's Film Festival Dortmund/Cologne 2023 (awarded)

World sales address/es:
Driver, Elle (FR)