Birth
18Director: Pau Teixidor
Starring: Sofía Milán, Celia Lopera, Carmen Escudero
Spain, 1982. Sixteen-year-old Lucía becomes pregnant and her mother decides to take her to Madrid to put an end to this unexpected and unwanted situation. The young woman enters Peñagrande, a center for pregnant teenagers where she will forge a strong friendship with her classmates and discover that someone wants to take away from her what she does not yet have: her own daughter. |
*** Content warnings: References to abortion and sexual assault, indirect depictions of suicide and arson.
“Teixidor’s years of research result in a perfectly achieved balance between trauma and light which lends seriousness (...) to a movie that could not have been done differently.” Enid Román Almansa: Cinemanía
Awards
2024 | Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival | Best Director Winner Pau Teixidor; Best Actress Winners Sofía Milán, Paula Agulló, Carmen Escudero, Celia Lopera, Alba Munuera, Victoria Oliver
Screenings
- Oct132024Edinburgh - ODEON Lothian Road6.00pmIntroduction and Q&A by Dr Natalia Stengel with director Pau Teixidor
