Motherhood

Motherhood (2022)

La maternal

At the age of 14, Carla is a wild and rebellious teenager. Living in a modest restaurant on the outskirts of a town with her young single mother, she skips school and passes the time with her friend Efraín. When a social worker realizes that Carla is five months pregnant, she is taken to ‘La Maternal’, a center for teenage mothers, to live with other young women like herself. Together with their babies, they will learn to cope with this new adult life for which they had no time to prepare.

Date of release
2022-11-18
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (23)
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
Drama
Director
Pilar Palomero

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 3. Including: Gaudí Award for Best New Performance; Gaudí a la millor actriu secundària

Motherhood is a 2022 teen drama film written and directed by Pilar Palomero starring Carla Quílez and Ángela Cervantes.

Production

The screenplay was written by Pilar Palomero. La maternal (Palomero's sophomore feature after Schoolgirls) is an Inicia Films and Bteam Prods production, with the participation of RTVE, TVC, Televisión de Aragón, and Movistar+ and support from Creative Europe's MEDIA, ICAA and ICEC. Julián Elizalde worked as cinematographer.

Shooting took place in late 2021 and lasted for 8 weeks. Shooting locations included Los Monegros and Barcelona and its surroundings.

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