Labor

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Labor

original title:

Labor

directed by:

cast:

Diana Elizabeth Torres, Francesca Inaudi, Enzo Rodriguez, Timothy Davis-Reed, Kevin Ashworth

cinematography:

Halyna Hutchins

editing:

Marie Lee

set design:

Hogan Lee

costume design:

Chanele Casaubon

music:

Stephen Spies

production:

Rai Cinema, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, cecilia.albertini@gmail.com

world sales:

country:

USA/Italy

year:

2018

film run:

12'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (29/07/2018)

festivals & awards:

  • El Gouna Film Festival 2018: Short Films Competition
  • LA Shorts International Film Festival 2018
  • DC Shorts 2018
  • Urbanworld Film Festival 2018
  • El Gouna Film Festival 2018
  • Sound & Image Challenge 2018
  • Fine Cut film festival 2018
  • The Wrap ShortList Film Festival 2018
  • Sedici Corto Film Festival 2018

Veronica is a young woman who works as a surrogate mother and carries a child for another woman. During a routine ultrasound, doctors discover that the baby is at risk for a genetic disease, and the baby's biological mother does not want to keep it. Veronica faces a harrowing dilemma: should she honor the surrogacy contract or should she follow her newly discovered maternal instinct?