The Hogar is a paradoxical world in which the precocious maternity of a group of teen mums lives together with the vow of chastity made by the nuns who welcomed them, between rigid rules and Christian love. Sister Paola has just arrived in Buenos Aires from Italy to finish her novitiate and take her final votes at the Hogar, an Italian religious centre for teen mums in Buenos. Lu and Fati, both 17, are children abruptly converted into mothers. Three different women who will influence each other’s lives and their relationship with motherhood.

Produced by dispàrteVivo film and Campo Cine in collaboration with Rai Cinema

funds: co-development fund MIBAC – INCAA; financing to the pre-production IDM-BLS; financing to the production IDM; contribution to the production MIBAC; contribution to the production INCAA; financing to the co-production IBERMEDIA; fund to the co-productions Lazio Cinema International; ARTE Prize.

written and directed by Maura Delpero

cinematography: Soledad Rodriguez

cast: Lidiya Liberman, Agustina Malale, Denise Carrizo, Marta Lubos, Renata Palminiello, Isabella Cilia

Trailer

Produced by

(Italiano) dispàrteVivo film con Rai Cinema, Campo Cine

con il sostegno del fondo di co-sviluppo MIBAC – INCAA; finanziamento alla pre-produzione IDM-BLS; finanziamento alla produzione IDM; contributo alla produzione del MIBAC; contributo alla produzione INCAA; finanziamento alla coproduzione IBERMEDIA; fondo per le co-produzioni Lazio Cinema International; premio ARTE.

Cast

(Italiano) Suor Paola: Lidiya Liberman

Fatima: Denise Carrizo

Luciana: Agustina Malale

Nina: Isabella Cilia

Michael: Alan Rivas

Suor Pia: Livia Fernán

Direttrice: Marta Lubos

Suor Bruna: Renata Palminiello

Crew

(Italiano) Regia e sceneggiatura: Maura Delpero

Fotografia: Soledad Rodríguez

Scenografia: Yamila Fontán

Costumi: Jam Monti

Montaggio: Ilaria Fraioli, Luca Mattei

Suono in presa diretta: Vincenzo Urselli

Montaggio del suono: Federico Cabula, Alessandro Fusaroli

Trucco: Dolores Gimenez

Acconciature: Asmae Allaoui

Technical data

(Italiano) Anno: 2019

Durata: 90′

Paese: Argentina/Italia

Lingua: Spagnolo

Festivals and awards

(Italiano) Locarno Film Festival 2019 – Concorso Internazionale
Menzione Speciale – Premio Europa Cinema Label – Premio Giuria Ecumenica – Secondo premio Giuria Giovani

BFI London Film Festival 2019: Love

Busan International Film Festival 2019: World Cinema

Cairo International Film Festival 2019: International Panorama

Chicago International Film Festival 2019: New Directors Competition

CPH PIX 2019: 20 films 20 talents

Festa del Cinema di Roma 2019: Alice nella città – Panorama Internazionale

Haifa International Film Festival 2019: Panorama

Hamburg International Film Festival 2019: Vitrina

Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2019: Competencia Argentina – (FIPRESCI Prize, Special Jury Mention)

Reykjavík International Film Festival 2019: New Visions (Menzione Speciale della Giuria)

Dublin International Film Festival 2020: World Cinema

International Film Festival of Guadalajara 2020: Selección Oficial

International Film Festival of Uruguay 2020: Competencia Nuevos Realizadores

Moscow International Film Festival 2020: Films around the World

Odessa International Film Festival 2020: International Competition

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