Salve Maria

Salve Maria (2024)

Maria, a new mother and writer, is transfixed by the disturbing case of a woman who drowned her infant twins, prompting her own journey through the complexities of motherhood.

Date of release
2024-10-31
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (49)
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Drama
Director
Mar Coll

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Las madres no and Las madres no

Salve Maria is a 2024 Spanish drama film directed, co-written by Mar Coll starring Laura Weissmahr. Based on the novel Amek ez dute by Basque writer Katixa Agirre, it follows Maria (Weissmahr), a promising young writer and new mother, who becomes obsessed by the case of a woman who drowned her twins in the bathtub. The film competed for Golden Leopard in main competition of 77th Locarno Film Festival and had its world premiere on 8 August 2024. It is mostly shot in Catalan.

Production

Salve Maria marks the return of Mar Coll to the cinema. Produced by Escándalo Films and Elastica Films with the support of ICEC and ICAA, and the participation of RTVE and Movistar Plus+.

Mar Coll talking to Variety about the protagonist said, "María is a repentant mother, an association of words that generates automatic unease".

Filming began in the last week of January 2024 in Barcelona, La Vall de Boí (Lleida Pyrenees) and Tarragona.

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