
11/07 – 21.30 h. Barcelona Screen Summer: “Mamífera”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnjsihd3baq
Directed by Liliana Torres
Country: Spain
Year: 2024
Duration: 93 minutes
Language: VO_SPSCAT CATALAN AND CASTELLAN
Subtitles: SPS (subtitles for deaf people) in Catalan
Audmobile: Available
Qualification: More than 7 years
Genre: drama
Lola (Maria Rodríguez Soto) and Bruno (Enric Auquer) live happy as a couple until an unexpected pregnancy turns their lives. Although she has always been clear that motherhood is not part of her plans, she is now questioning the social expectations and the repercussions of this decision. He had never imagined himself being a father, until he presented the occasion. During the waiting days, while the appointment is not reached at the clinic, doubts emerge from the couple.
With Mamífera, Liliana Torres (Vic, 1980), addresses a theme still taboo with sensitivity and without ignoring how far a such experience stirns. The film defends the protagonist’s decision, not as an antagonism in motherhood, but as another option in female experience. The brilliant performance of Maria Rodríguez Soto and the Polyhedral character he plays earned him the special jury prize for the best performance of the South By Southwest Festival in Austin (USA).