Women of mature years talk about their marriage, their first time, their intimate relationship with sexuality. In the repetition of these ancestral rituals, the director questions her own lack of marriage, of children, and with it, a chain of mother-daughter relationships that is dying out.
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Elena López Riera Director · Alba Cros Cinematographer Agnès Piqué Cinematographer
First release May 19, 2024 · Produced in Spain, Switzerland, France · Production Suica Films, Les films du Worso
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Alina Film
Production
Suica Films
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Les films du Worso
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Spain · Switzerland · France
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Original title
Las novias del sur
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
France · May 19, 2024
Premiere · Cannes Critics' Week
Spain · January 8, 2025
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Estonia
February 9, 2025 · Premiere · Docpoint Tallinn Documentary Film Festival
France
January 29, 2025 · TV · France 3 (Libre court)
Mexico
July 28, 2025 · Premiere · National Film Library International Film Forum
Peru
October 10, 2025 · Premiere · Lima Alterna Film Festival
South Korea
May 3, 2025 · Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival
Spain
January 10, 2025 · Theatrical
Taiwan
October 5, 2025 · Premiere · Taiwan International Queer Film Festival
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