Defenders of Life
“Children Bearing Children”
2015•1h 33m•7.5•Released
Drama
In the hills of Costa Rica, Doña Carmen struggles to pass on her tribe's traditional ways of life. She must soon marry off her only granddaughter, and 70-year-old shaman Don Claudio lays his claim to the girl, who is only 12 and already impregnated by him. When the girl befriends the young son of a visiting anthropologist, it forces a collision between the modern world and the ancient one.
Director
Dana Ziyasheva
Writer
Dana Ziyasheva
Languages
Spanish
Cast
Beatriz Brenes
Pamela Salazar
Arman Darbo
Feb Salazar
Eylin Esther Jimenez Gonzales
Esmeralda
Carmen Romero Palacios
Doña Carmen
Francisco Rodriguez Atencio
Don Claudio
Kattia Palacio Palacios
Kattia
Alexis Rodriguez Gallardo
Don Alexis
Mario Mendoza Jimenez
Diego
Maria Bejarano
Doña Maria
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