Apio Verde (2013)
She must choose
Adriana finds out the son she's expecting suffers a brain malformation that won't allow him to live outside her womb. As therapeutic abortion is illegal in Chile, she must wait until her baby is naturally born.
- Date of release
- 2013-06-05
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama
- Director
- Francesc Morales
Casting
- Catherine Mazoyer — Adriana Espinoza
- Cristián Gajardo — Diego Donoso
- Catalina Aguayo — Lucia
- Sonia Mena — Mother Mariana
- Teresita Reyes — Adriana's Mother (Carmen)
- Andrés Gómez — Tomás
- Carolina Paulsen — Congresswoman Fernández
- Jenny Cavallo — Melanie
- Alejandro Trejo — Priest
- Gregory Cohen — Doctor
- Claudia Hidalgo — Interviewer
- Paulina González — Reporter
Interesting facts
Apio verde is 2013 Chilean thriller film written and directed by Francesc Morales, starring Catherine Mazoyer, Cristian Gajardo, Catalina Aguayo, Sonia Mena, Teresita Reyes, Alejandro Trejo, Gregory Cohen, Jenny Cavallo, Carolina Paulsen, among others. The film focuses on how a normal woman is turned into a psychotic as she's told the child she's expecting has anencephaly, a disease that won't allow him to live once he's born. As she lives in Chile, one of the few countries where therapeutic abortion is illegal in any situation, she must wait until the natural birth. The film was released in Chile in July 2013.
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