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) |


























