La maternal

Carla is a rebellious 14-year-old girl who has a complicated relationship with her single mother. The two live together in a roadside restaurant on the outskirts of a town. Her life is not at all conventional, she does not attend classes and spends the day with her friend Efraín. But her life changes completely when social affairs discovers that she is five months pregnant. Carla enters a boarding school called La maternal, there she will live together with other minors who share the same situation. All these mothers, who have stopped being children very soon, will face the reality of being adult women from such an early age. Pilar Palomero, director of the film, has described 'La maternal' as a story that reflects determination, maturity and overcoming, but also lack of communication, abandonment and fear.

The film is directed by the Spanish director Pilar Palomero, who has directed 'Las Niñas', a title that led her to receive the Goya for best film of the year in 2021. The script is also written by the same director.

The actors and actresses who take part in this film are Ángela Cervantes ('Chavales, 'Un novio para mi mujer'), Rubén Martínez ('Hospital central, 'Antidisturbios', 'Cuéntame cómo pasó'), Pepe Lorente ('El Resucitado', 'El ministerio del Tiempo'), Olga Bone ('Los Hombres de Paco', 'Desconocidas'), among others.

• Drama