THE IVY HIEDRA ANA CRISTINA BARRAGÁN

  • ECUADOR | MEXICO | FRANCE | SPAIN

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  • SPANISH

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  • 2025

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  • 99 mins

Azucena, a woman in her thirties, approaches Julio, a teenage boy living in a group home, for reasons he doesn’t understand. As they spend time together, an uneasy closeness grows, changing the shape of a bond neither expected to find.

ಮೂವತ್ತರ ಹರೆಯದ ಅಸುಸೆನಾ, ಗ್ರೂಪ್ ಹೋಮಿನಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಹದಿಹರೆಯದ ಜೂಲಿಯೋನಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಥವಾಗದ ಕಾರಣಗಳಿಂದ ಸಮೀಪವಾಗುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಸಮಯ ಕಳೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಅವರಿಬ್ಬರ ನಡುವೆ ಒಂದು ವಿಚಿತ್ರವಾದ ಆತ್ಮೀಯತೆ ಬೆಳೆದು, ಅನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತ ಸ್ವರೂಪದ ಸಂಬಂಧಕ್ಕೆ ದಾರಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಡುತ್ತದೆ.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Joe Houlberg Silva, Alex de Icaza, Gabriela Maldonado, Montse Pujol Solà, Thierry Leunovel

Screenplay :

Ana Cristina Barragán

Director of Photography :

Adrian Durazo

Editor :

Gerard Borràs, Omar Guzmán, Ana Cristina Barragán

Music :

Claudia Baulies

Sound :

Gisela Maestre Plaza, Juan José Luzuriaga, Jean-Guy Veran

Cast :

Simone Bucio, Francis Eddú Llumiquinga

Awards - Winner :

Venice IFF (Best Screenplay), San Sebastián IFF (Special Mention), Bogotá IFF (Youth Award), Thessaloniki IFF (Open Horizons)

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Venice FF (Best Film)

Ana Cristina Barragán (b. 1987, Quito) is a screenwriter and film director. Her shorts include DOMINGO VIOLETA (2010) and AVE (2023). Her debut feature ALBA (2016) premiered at Rotterdam IFF, won multiple awards, received an Honorable Mention at San Sebastián IFF, earned over 35 international prizes, became Ecuador’s official Academy Awards submission, and was showcased at MoMA, New York. Her second feature, THE OCTOPUS SKIN (2022), premiered at San Sebastián IFF, screened at Thessaloniki, Guadalajara, and Munich IFFs, won six Colibrí Awards, and was selected for the 2024 Platino Awards. THE IVY is her third feature film.