The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Ema finds out she is pregnant with an unplanned child she's not sure she wants to keep, the same week her beloved grandmother becomes gravely ill. Spending her last days at her grandmother's side, Ema is forced to spend time with her estranged, larger than life mother, getting to know her and seeing her with new eyes. As she spends time with the people gathered around her grandmother in her last days; Ema re-evaluates her beliefs, her fears and her set ideas about family, love and parenthood.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Catalina Aguilar MastrettaWriter
- Catalina Aguilar MastrettaDirector
- Víctor Hernández StumpfhauserOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Cassandra CiangherottiEma
- María RojoJulieta
- Isela VegaAbu
- Arcelia RamírezIsabel
- Evangelina MartínezJuanita
- Pablo Cruz GuerreroManuel
- Humberto BustoPadre Madrid
- Julio BrachoPablo
- Isabella CamilAmanda
- María Paula AguilarEma 6 años
- Pedro ValenzuelaJake
- Andrea SánchezNancy
Stills
Themes
motherparent child relationshipwoman director