Maternal (2019)
Hogar
Lu and Fati are teen mums living in a religious shelter in Buenos Aires. Sister Paola arrives there to take her final vows. But the girls’ impending motherhood faces her with a challenging situation.
- Date of release
- 2019-12-12
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (28)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Maura Delpero
Casting
- Lidia Liberman — Sor Paola
- Denise Carrizo — Fátima
- Agustina Malale — Luciana
- Marta Lubos — Directora
- Livia Fernán — Sor Aurora
- Isabella Cilia — Nina
- Alan Rivas — Michael
- Renata Palminiello — Sister Bruna
Interesting facts
Maternal is a 2019 drama film co-written and directed by Maura Delpero, in her narrative directorial debut.
Production
Director Maura Delpero spent four years researching for the film in various hogars (hostels for single mothers run by nuns) in Argentina. Except for Lidiya Liberman in the role of Sister Paola, the main cast consists of non-professional actors.
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