MATERNAL

original title Hogar

written and directed by Maura Delpero

drama • Italy / Argentina, 2019

cast Lidiya Liberman / Denise Carrizo / Agustina Malale / Isabella Cilia

lenght 91′

produced by dispàrteVivo film / RAI Cinema / Campo Cine

sales agent Charades

The Hogar is a paradoxical world in which the precocious maternity of a group of teens lives together with the vow of chastity made by the nuns who welcomed them, between rigid rules and Christian love.

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Sister Paola has just arrived in Buenos Aires from Italy to finish her novitiate and take her final vows at the Hogar, an Italian religious centre for teen mums in Buenos.

Lu and Fati are 17-year-olds abruptly converted into mothers.

Three different women who will influence each other's lives and their relationship with motherhood.

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72. Locarno Concorso Internzaionale – Special MentionEuropa Cinemas Label Award72 Locarno Film Festival – Ecumenic Jury Award72 Locarno Film Festival – Second Prize Young JuryAnnecy cinema italien – Prix du PublicReykjavik International Film Festival – Special MentionL’Aquila Film Festival – Premio del PubblicoUniverciné Nantes – Prix Univerciné ItalienARTE International PrizeTFL Audience Design FundNominated as Best Emerging DirectorBest Emerging Director
Annecy cinéma italienBFI London Film FestivalBusan International Film FestvialReykjavik International Film FestivalAlice nella CittàHamburg Film FestvialHaifa Film FestivalChicago International Film FestivalLeiden International Film FestivalFestival de SevillaMar del PlataBiarritz Film FestivalL’aquila International Film FestivalGuadalajara Film FestivalBackground-2Dublin International Film FestvialBackgroundMolise CinemaFEST New Directors New Films Festival