Angela (played by deaf actress Miriam Garlo, who is also writer-director’s Eva Libertad’s sister) is expecting her first child with her hearing partner, Hector (Álvaro Cervantes). It should be the happiest time in her life. But everyone around her is on tenterhooks about whether the baby will be born deaf, and in fact initial tests may be inconclusive. Angela has never felt more alone.
This moving, naturalistic drama will be an eye-opener for many. Although Angela has loving parents, it’s clear to her and us that they’re desperate for a hearing grandchild, and while her partner Hector is sensitive to her feelings, the pregnancy will prove a testing time for their union. When the baby comes (a sequence that won’t easily be forgotten) things only become more challenging…
Eva Libertad’s compassionate, sensitive debut feature [is] a low-key crowd pleaser.
Jonathan Holland, Screen International
A bang-on illustration of how cinema can be an engine for empathy, and certainly viewers won’t need to be deaf themselves to get what Angela is going through. It is a moving exploration of the difficulties of new motherhood, a moment full of anxiety and pain as much as joy for some people. The performances are beautifully nuanced throughout.
4/5 Leslie Felperin, The Guardian
Deaf navigates sensitive emotional terrain with sure-handed intelligence and empathy.
Kevin Harley, Radio Times
Eva Libertad
Miriam Garlo, Álvaro Cervantes, Elena Irureta, Joaquín Notario
Spain
2025
In Spanish and Spanish Sign Language with English subtitles
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Credits
Executive Producer
Miriam Porté , Nuria Muñoz Ortín , Amalia Blanco , Gerard Marginedas
Producer
Miriam Porté , Nuria Muñoz Ortín , Adolfo Blanco
Screenwriter
Eva Libertad
Cinematography
Gina Ferrer García
Editor
Marta Velasco
Original Music
Aránzazu Calleja
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