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Detrás del Velo
2024 | Color | 15:45

Alejandra, a first-time mother of a six-month-old baby, finds herself submerged in a postpartum depression unrecognized within her context in the 1990s. Tormented by the stereotypes of motherhood, she increasingly feels suffocated and convinced of her inability to be a mother, forcing her to pretend that everything is fine.


Country: México
Direction: Santillán Santamaría; Valentina
Script: Santillán; Valentina
Production: Carrandi; Adriana
Photography: Sanders; Sebastián
Sound: Aquino; María José
Music: Reta; Eduardo
Cast:Hermosillo; Mayra, del Conde; Juan Pablo, Aguilasocho; Christopher, Mackey; Celia, Santamaría; María Elena, Santillán; Mauricio
Art direction: Ruiz; Thelma
Participation year at FICM: 2024

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