In the Name of the Daughter

In the Name of the Daughter

2011
1h 48m
7.8

7.8/10

13 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: ES

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Production Information

Production Companies
Corporación Ecuador para Largo Consejo Nacional de Cinematografía del Ecuador Programa Ibermedia Visions Sud Est Hubert Bals Fund Gestionarte Cine
Production Countries
Colombia Ecuador Netherlands Switzerland
Spoken Languages
Quechua Spanish

Quick Facts

Original Title En el nombre de la hija
Release Date September 9, 2011
Status Released
Language ES
IMDb ID tt2224169
Website Visit Site

Cast

Eva Mayu Mecham Benavides
Eva Mayu Mecham Benavides

Manuela

Markus Mecham Benavides
Markus Mecham Benavides

Camilo

Martina León
Martina León

María Paz

Sebastián Hormachea
Sebastián Hormachea

Andrés

Francisco Jaramillo
Francisco Jaramillo

Emilio

Francisco Aguirre
Francisco Aguirre

Uncle Felipe

Juana Estrella
Juana Estrella

Key Crew

Tania Hermida
Executive Producer
Tania Hermida
Director
Tania Hermida
Writer