''Trigal'' () is a 2022 Mexican

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film written and directed by Anabel Caso in her directorial debut. Starring Emilia Berjón Ramírez, Abril Michel and Alberto Guerra. It is about the sexual awakening in female puberty. So far, the film has been nominated in the Best Feature Film category at the

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and won 2

Ariel Awards The Ariel Award () is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excellence in the Mexic ...

for Best Supporting Actress for

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and Best Breakthrough Performance for Emilia Berjón, in addition to having a nomination for Best First Work.

Synopsis

Sofía, a 13-year-old girl, during her vacation is sent to a country house in

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where her 15-year-old cousin Cristina is waiting for her. On those hot days of leisure and walks among the wheat fields, both will be submerged in a

love triangle A love triangle is a scenario or circumstance, usually depicted as a rivalry, in which two people are pursuing or involved in a romantic relationship with one person, or in which one person in a romantic relationship with someone is simultaneo ...

with a day laborer twenty years older, J.C. and whose end, not without pain, will mark the passage from

puberty Puberty is the process of physical changes through which a child's body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction. It is initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads: the ovaries in a female, the testicles i ...

to adolescence for both of them.

Cast

The actors participating in this film are: * Emilia Berjón Ramírez as Sofia * Abril Michel as Cristina * Alberto Guerra as J.C. * Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio as Silvia *

as Susi * Patricia Ortiz as Carmen * Gerardo Trejo Luna * Memo Villegas

Production

Script

The original idea for ''Trigal'' was born 10 years ago, taking as inspiration personal memories that the director had in her life in the countryside with her grandparents and cousins in Argentina.

Filming

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began in March 2020 in

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. However, after 2 weeks of filming, the recordings were paralyzed due to the

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. In the end, the recordings resumed on August 10, 2020, lasting 2 weeks.

Release

It had its world premiere on October 25, 2022, at the

. It was commercially released on April 20, 2023, in Mexican theaters.

Accolades

References

External links

* 2022 films 2022 drama films Mexican drama films 2020s Spanish-language films Films set in Mexico Films shot in Mexico Films about adolescence Films about puberty 2022 directorial debut films 2020s Mexican films {{2020s-drama-film-stub