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Motherhood

2022 · 122 min Drama
7.2 / 10 · TMDB

Carla, a defiant fourteen-year-old chafing against the system and her life in a juvenile center, learns she is pregnant. She is transferred to 'La Maternal,' a specialized shelter for pregnant teenagers. Within this confined world where adulthood arrives abruptly and without room for error, Carla confronts rigid rules, complex relationships with the other girls, and a torturous choice between childish rebellion and the sudden, crushing weight of responsibility. Her journey is a raw collision with the unromantic reality of motherhood, where every day becomes a trial by fire, testing her limits and reshaping her identity.

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Original Title La maternal
Year 2022
Country Spain
Genre Drama
Director Pilar Palomero
Runtime 122 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.2/10 (22 votes)

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Pablo Berger crafts not merely a social drama, but a ruthless physiological and emotional portrait, with the camera acting as an invisible yet palpable witness. The film shuns sentimentality; its power lies in the honest, almost documentary-like capture of the fragility and roughness of this specific coming-of-age.

What lingers after the credits is the uncomfortable yet vital immersion into a world where childhood shatters in an instant, leaving only the heavy, silent work of survival in its wake. It feels like touching a raw, unhealed wound. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Pilar Palomero

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The strained silence of common rooms, rough-hewn intimacy, the scent of disinfectant and baby powder.

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