Huesera

Huesera is sure to make a lasting impression on young parents who are overwhelmed by the burden placed on their shoulders overnight. But more than motherhood itself, Michelle Garza Cervera's film probes the social injunction to a normalized existence, within the bounds of what is always expected of women in particular. The metamorphosis induced by the pregnancy is here macerated in an atmosphere wandering as much in a very appropriate exploitation of the South American folklore as in the pure body horror. The director has perfectly understood how to raise her most disturbing scenes with a high precision work on the sound design...