Hiedra

2025 | B/N | 98:00

At 31, Azucena decides to search for the son she abandoned after becoming pregnant at 13. Julio, her son, now 18, is in his last year at the orphanage, and they look the same age.

Country: Ecuador
Direction: Barragán; Ana Cristina
Script: Barragán; Ana Cristina
Production: Houlberg; Joe, Maldonado; Gabriela, de Icaza; Alejandro, Rojas; Christian, Pujol Solá; Montserrat, Manzano Vall; Bernat, Lenouvel; Thierry
Photography: Durazo; Adrián
Sound: Luzuriaga; Juan José, Maestre Plaza; Gisela, Véran; Jean-Guy
Cast:Bucio; Simone, Llumiquinga; Francis Eddú
Participation year at FICM: 2025

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