Irene is a fifteen-year-old who lives in a center for juvenile offenders. She just got pregnant and is determined to turn her life around with the help of Javier, an educator at the center. Javier offers her to secretly come live with him and his wife Adela in the house they have in a remote and rugged spot in the mountains so she can hide and comfortably carry out her pregnancy. The only condition is that in exchange, she agrees to give them the baby she is carrying in her womb. This feeble pact will be put in jeopardy when Irene starts to feel like the life growing inside her belongs to her.
Presented at the Toronto International Film Festival.
La Hija
2021
14 years
122 min.
Fiction
Spain
Spain, motherhood, youth, international festivals, maturing, identity
Colorido
Manuel Martín Cuenca
Alejandro Hernández, Manuel Martín Cuenca
Marc Gómez del Moral
Ángel Hernández Zoido
Javier Gutiérrez, Patricia Lopez Arnaiz, Irene Virgüez, Juan Carlos Villanueva, María Morales, Sofian Elben
Fernando Bovaira, Manuel Martín Cuenca, Urko Errazquin, Alejandro Hernández
Mod Producciones, La Loma Blanca
Vetusta Morla
Film Factory
45