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A Child of My Own

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Katie McCabe Sight & Sound 2d
Maite Alberdi probes the case of Eleonor Alejandra Marín Mendoza – a Mexican woman who, after three miscarriages, faked a pregnancy and kidnapped a baby – in her stylised documentary, which seeks to understand its subject’s choices without excusing them. Go to Full Review Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter Mar 10
Chilean director Maite Alberdi continues to blur, smudge and gleefully mess with the lines between fiction and fact in her latest, the by-turns highly comical and then suddenly moving A Child of My Own. Go to Full Review Guy Lodge Variety Feb 23
As the film works toward a concluding note of uplift that brings as many questions as answers, one wonders if a straighter documentary telling would be more rewarding. Go to Full Review Ricardo Gallegos La Estatuilla Apr 24
Alberdi's sensitive gaze persists to give us another perspective on a story that seemed to have no nuances. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Daniel Eagan ScreenAnarchy Mar 13
Director Maite Alberdi mixes fact and fiction to reach insights that go beyond the limits of the true crime genre. Go to Full Review Mia Pflueger Next Best Picture Mar 3
7/10
A thoughtful reflection on longing, identity, and the power of societal expectations, a film that unsettles, lingers, and resists easy judgment. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Maite Alberdi

Director

Ana Celeste

Actor

Luisa Guzmán

Actor

Armando Espitia

Actor

Ana Celeste

Self

Armando Espitia

Self
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A Child of My Own

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Movie Info

Director
Maite Alberdi
Producer
Sandra Godínez
Screenwriter
Julian Loyola, Esteban Student, Julian Loyola, Esteban Student
Production Co
Gato Grande
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 36m