THE IVY
synopsis
Azucena, a 30-year-old woman, spies on the teenagers of a group home. In their games and sense of brotherhood, she searches for fragments of her own past, driven by a traumatic event that marked her adolescence and left her suspended in time. Her interest centres especially on Julio, a 17-year-old boy. Although their social worlds are far apart, their wounds, shared laughter and the discovery of one another guide their Oedipal journey towards the rocks of a volcano. There, far from everything, these two characters, marked by absence, are transformed into something else.
international title: | The Ivy |
original title: | Hiedra |
country: | Ecuador, Mexico, France, Spain |
year: | 2025 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ana Cristina Barragán |
film run: | 95’ |
screenplay: | Ana Cristina Barragán |
cast: | Simone Bucio, Francis Eddú Llumiquinga |
cinematography by: | Adrián Durazo |
film editing: | Gerard Borràs, Omar Guzman, Ana Cristina Barragán |
art director: | Alisarine Ducolomb |
costumes designer: | Lila Penagos |
music: | Claudia Baulies |
producer: | Joseph Houlberg Silva, Alejandro de Icaza, Gabriela Maldonado, Thierry Lenouvel, Montse Pujol Solà, Bernat Manzano Vall |
production: | Ciné-Sud Promotion, Guspira Films, Botón Films (EC), BHD Films (MX) |