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A pregnant 17-year-old Valeria struggles to hide her pregnancy from her absent mother.
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Valeria is 17 and pregnant. She lives in Puerto Vallarta with Clara, her half sister. Valeria has not wanted her long-absent mother, April, to find out about her pregnancy, but due to the economic strain and the overwhelming responsibility of having a baby in the house, Clara decides to call their mother.
"In Mexico, the role of the mother is always written with a capital letter and placed on a pedestal. But 'Las hijas de Abril' (April's Daughters), a brutal melodrama by Michel Franco (director of 'Después de Lucía'), puts that pedestal to the test. In this Cannes-awarded movie, no woman is saintly simply for being a mom; rather, they are all human and capable of committing even the cruelest mistakes."