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Maternal (Hogar)

Maternal (Hogar)

Maternal (Hogar)

original title:

Hogar

directed by:

Maura Delpero

cast:

Lidiya Liberman, Renata Palminiello, Denise Carrizo, Agustina Malale, Marta Lubos, Isabella Cilia, Livia Fernán, Alan Rivas

screenplay:

Maura Delpero

cinematography:

Soledad Rodriguez

editing:

Ilaria Fraioli, Luca Mattei

set design:

Yamila Fontan

costume design:

Jam Monti

producer:

Alessandro Amato, Luigi Chimienti, Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Nicolas Avruj, Diego Lerman

production:

Dispàrte, Vivo Film, Campo Cine, Rai Cinema, supported by Ministero della Cultura, in association with Etrusca, with the support of Regione Lazio, Ibermedia, INCAA, TFL Audience Design Fund, IDM Film Commission Südtirol

distribution:

Lucky Red [Italy], Missing Films [Austria], 1844 Entertainment [Canada], Memento Distribution [France], Missing Films [Germany], 1844 Entertainment [United States]

world sales:

Charades [France]

country:

Italy/Argentina

year:

2019

film run:

91'

format:

colour

release date:

13/05/2021

festivals & awards:

The Hogar is a paradoxical world in which the precocious maternity of a group of teens lives together with the vow of chastity made by the nuns who welcomed them, between rigid rules and Christian love.
Sister Paola has just arrived in Buenos Aires from Italy to finish her novitiate and take her final vows at the Hogar, an Italian religious centre for teen mums in Buenos.
Lu and Fati are 17-year-olds abruptly converted into mothers.
Three different women who will influence each other's lives and their relationship with motherhood.