En el nombre de la hija
En el Nombre de la Hija tells the story of a nine-year old girl whose name is in dispute.
Manuela has been named alter her socialist-atheist father, but her catholic-conservative grandmother insists she should carry the name the first daughters of the family have carried for generations: Dolores.
The story takes place in a Valley in the Ecuadorian Andes, during the summer of 1976. Manuela and her little brother, Camilo, are spending vacations with their cousins and grandparents at the family's farmhouse.
Eager to defend her father's ideas, Manuela confronts her cousins and grandparents, but an unexpected encounter leads her to confront herself instead.
Hidden in the family's abandoned library, schizophrenic uncle Felipe is devoted to setting words free from the constraints of dogmas. His wisdom sets Manuela free from her own dogmas and forever changes her relationship with words, including her own name.
Festivals & awards
Filmfestival Roma, Premio Alice nella città
UNICEF Preis des 24. Intern. Filmfestivals für Kinder in Wien
Festival La Habana, Premio caminos
Films du Sud Neuchâtel, Prix du jury des jeunes
Best Camerawork, Festival de Cine de Santo Domingo
Prix Ciné Junior, Festival Vallée de la Marne
Credits
| Original Title | En el nombre de la hija |
|---|---|
| Title | En el nombre de la hija |
| Directed by | Tania Hermida |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Year | 2011 |
| Screenplay | Tania Hermida |
| Film Editing | Juan Carlos Donoso, Vanessa Amores |
| Soundtrack | Nelson García |
| Cinematography | Armando Salazar |
| Sound | Juan José Luzuriaga |
| Costumes | |
| Production Design | Juan Carlos Acevedo |
| Production | ecuador para largo |
| Formats | Blu-ray, DCP |
| Runtime | 102 min. |
| Language | Spanisch/d/f |
| Cast | Eva Mayu Mecham Benavides, Markus Mecham Benavides, Martina León, Sebastián Hormachea, Francisco Jaramillo, Paúl Curillo, Dianneris Díaz, Pancho Aguirre |
Credits
| Original Title | En el nombre de la hija |
|---|---|
| Title | En el nombre de la hija |
| Directed by | Tania Hermida |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Year | 2011 |
| Screenplay | Tania Hermida |
| Film Editing | Juan Carlos Donoso, Vanessa Amores |
| Soundtrack | Nelson García |
| Cinematography | Armando Salazar |
| Sound | Juan José Luzuriaga |
| Costumes | |
|---|---|
| Production Design | Juan Carlos Acevedo |
| Production | ecuador para largo |
| Formats | Blu-ray, DCP |
| Runtime | 102 min. |
| Language | Spanisch/d/f |
| Cast | Eva Mayu Mecham Benavides, Markus Mecham Benavides, Martina León, Sebastián Hormachea, Francisco Jaramillo, Paúl Curillo, Dianneris Díaz, Pancho Aguirre |
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