José Luis Rugeles Gracia : 2015
María, a 13-year-old guerrilla fighter, has to accomplish a mission with three other child soldiers: to bring their commander's newborn baby to safety in a neighbouring town. But nobody knows the secret she is hiding: María is pregnant, and having a child is forbidden in the guerrilla. During the mission her secret is revealed and she runs away to avoid being forced to abort. Through María's eyes we experience the devastating results of Colombia's armed conflict: towns ravaged by massacres, peasants trapped in the cross-fire, parents who have lost their children, and kids trying to grow up normally amid the carnage. Thanks to a new instinct born inside her, María will find the strength to look for a new life. José Luis Rugeles Gracia's second feature premiered in competition in the Un Certain Regard section at Festival de Cannes 2015.
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