17-year-old Valeria is pregnant by her boyfriend but she hasn`t informed her absent mother, April. When her sister Clara goes behind her back and calls April, their mother arrives full of concern, support and tenderness. But once the baby is born, it soon becomes clear why Valeria wanted to keep April as far away as possible.
Winner of the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.
Las Hijas de Abril
2017
18 years
113 min.
Fiction
Mexico
Colorido
Michel Franco
Michel Franco
Yves Cape
Jorge Weisz, Michel Franco
Emma Suárez, Ana Valeria Becerril, Enrique Arrizon, Joanna Larequi, Hernán Mendoza
Michel Franco, Lorenzo Vigas, Moisés Zonana
Lucía Films
MK2
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