The First Woman

2021

6.0 (1)

1 hr 16 min

Spanish

Eva has two dreams: leaving the psychiatric hospital in search of a “normal” life and to reunite with her son after 15 years.

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Eva’s being allowed to leave the psychiatric institution she’s lived in for six years. After a long year of waiting, the news arrive: an assisted living residence is found for her. Eva takes the first steps towards the "normal" life she longs for: to find a job, earn an income of her own, visit her mother... even find love. While she’s taking stock of her past and works on her self-confidence as well as her trust in the outside world, she also fixes firmly on her main goal: to reconnect with the son she lost custody of 20 years ago and ask him to forgive her. The First Woman is a film about second chances, the search for "normality" and the borderline between lucidity and darkness.

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Released
Production
Mosaic

Keywords

  • normality
  • mental health
  • self identity
  • lost mother
  • motherhood
  • observational documentary

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Top Crew

Miguel Eek · Director, Writer

Aina Calleja · Writer, Editor

Jordi Carrasco · Cinematographer

Virginia Galán · Producer

Marta Castells · Producer

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