Based on Diary of a Mutilated Mother by Esther Hernández Palacios, a grieving mother and academic whose 26-year-old daughter Irene was murdered in Veracruz. Through her diary, Esther transforms her pain into a powerful testimony of survival, reflecting the shared anguish of countless women affected by violence in Mexico. As a symbol of protest and memory, she alters her name, while the film features her heartfelt readings from the diary.
Alejandra Islas
Director
My Mom Jayne80%
The Cheshire Murders65%
Maternal Instinct71%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
McQueen74%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Public Speaking70%
180° South72%
The Menendez Brothers72%
A Plastic Ocean75%
The Class of ‘9271%
Directed by John Ford70%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Trainwreck: The Real Project X59%
The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter72%
Earthlings81%
Love, Marilyn66%
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button69%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
Night Will Fall76%
