''April's Daughters'' () is a 2017 Mexican

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Michel Franco Michel Franco (born 28 August 1979) is a Mexican filmmaker. He gained recognition for his film ''After Lucia'' that won the Un Certain Regard, Prize Un Certain Regard at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. He has since directed several independent fi ...

. It was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ...

section at the

2017 Cannes Film Festival The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar was the president of the jury for the main competition. Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and closing cerem ...

, where it won the Jury Prize in that section.

Plot

Valeria (Ana Valeria Becerril), 17, is pregnant. She lives in Puerto Vallarta, with Clara (Joanna Larequi), her half sister, who is calm, but lives with depression and is overweight. Valeria does not want her mother, April (Emma Suárez), who has been absent for a long time, to know about her pregnancy but, due to economic limitations and the overwhelming responsibility of having a baby at home, Clara decides to call her mother. April arrives with a great desire to see her daughters, but we soon see why Valeria did not want to get in touch with her. It is "the story of an adult woman who refuses to feel 'overtaken' by her own daughters in generational terms, without realising that she has been left behind in more important aspects, such as emotional and psychological, among others."

Cast

Emma Suárez Emma Suárez Bodelón (born 25 June 1964) is a Spanish actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Goya Awards. After her debut as a child actress in '' Memoirs of Leticia Valle'' in 1979, she developed a professional ...

as Abril *

Ana Valeria Becerril Ana Valeria Becerril (born 4 January 1997) is a Mexican actress. She has starred in ''April's Daughter'' and ''Control Z''. Life and career Ana Valeria Becerril was born on 4 January 1997 in Mexico City, Mexico. She started her career in 2016 ...

as Valeria *

Hernán Mendoza Hernán Mendoza is a Mexican actor and theatre director best known in his native country for his roles in Mexican films, and telenovelas. in 2017 he won as Best Actor in a Minor Role for his role of Palafox in the film ''The 4th Company'' in the ...

as Gregorio * Ivan Cortes as Jorge * Enrique Arrizon as Mateo * Joanna Larequi as Clara

References

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* 2017 films 2017 drama films 2010s pregnancy films Mexican drama films 2010s Spanish-language films Films directed by Michel Franco Mexican pregnancy films 2010s Mexican films Spanish-language drama films {{2010s-drama-film-stub