Power Alley

Power Alley (2023)

Levante

On the eve of a future-defining championship, promising 17-year-old volleyball player Sofia is faced with an unwanted pregnancy. Seeking an illegal termination, she becomes the target of a fundamentalist group determined to stop her at any cost – but neither Sofia nor those who love her are willing to surrender to the blind fervor of the swarm.

Date of release
2023-10-13
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama
Director
Lillah Halla

Casting

Interesting facts

Power Alley is a 2023 drama film co-written and directed by Lillah Halla. The film centres on Sofia, a 17-year-old volleyball player in Brazil who is on the verge of being offered an athletic scholarship, when she unexpectedly finds herself pregnant and must struggle to find a way to get an abortion in light of the political and legal situation in the country.

Production

Halla's feature debut, the film was made as an international coproduction of companies from Brazil, France and Uruguay after its initial funding was rescinded in a wave of politically-motivated arts cutbacks by the government of Jair Bolsonaro.

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