Fifaliana

Dir. Lorenzo Hagerman

Fifaliana| 2022 | Mexico | 103 min.

Synposis

Zaevo’s husband left her when she was on the brink of life or death while going through an obstructed labor. Now she is 16 and suffers from a terrible wound on her bladder that keeps her apart from her family and society. A glimpse of hope appears when a group of Latin-American and Spanish doctors travel to South Madagascar. Their goal is to cure patients with obstetric fistula, a taboo condition that keeps over 2 million women away from society. Con una mirada emotiva y un acceso sin precedentes al corazón de un modesto quirófano al sur de Madagascar, esta historia muestra como, con pocos recursos se puede cambiar el destino de más de dos millones y medio de mujeres rechazadas por la sociedad.

Credits

Director

Lorenzo Hagerman

Producers

José Cohen Ovadia

Editor

Martha Ernaiz, Lorenzo Hagerman

Cinematography

Lorenzo Hagerman

Script

Lorenzo Hagerman

Line prodcuer

Nicole Soriano

Sound design

Christian Giraud

Original score

Rick Alverson, Emilie Rex

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