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Sweatshop Girl

Mexican Short Film

Country: Mexico
Year: 2023
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Runtime: 16 mins.

Inés works as a seamstress in a sweatshop where pregnancy tests are periodically administered. When she becomes pregnant, she is sure that her condition will get her fired. She does everything she can to keep it a secret. During the first months of pregnancy, Inés is forced to falsify the test results with the complicity of a co-worker. When her accomplice is absent on the day of the new medical test, Inés spends the day trying to find a way to keep her job.

DIRECTOR
Selma Cervantes

Selma Cervantes is a Mexican director and screenwriter. Her first short film, Manchester Acatitla, was nominated for the Best Short Film Ariel Award. Sweatshop Girl premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2023.

Director: Selma Cervantes
Cast Yalitza Aparicio, Mariana Villegas, Amorita Rasgado, Juan Carlos Medellín, Juan Pablo De Cervantes
Cinematography: Bruno Gaeta
Production: Solange Alonso Caballero, Jim Stark, Natasha Dupeyron, Yago Muñoz, Bruno Gaeta
Screenplay: Selma Cervantes, Indra Villaseñor Amador
Editing: Mario Monroy
Music: Daniel Lopto, Iván Lopto
Sound: Daniel Rojo Solis, Iván Lopto, Daniel Lopto
Art Direction: Anaís Vasconcelos
contacto: selmajcamx@gmail.com



 Screenings

León
21.7.2023
15:00 (Horario CST)
Auditorio Mateo Herrera

San Miguel de Allende
24.7.2023
17:00 (Horario CST)
Auditorio Miguel Malo | Centro Cultural Ignacio Ramírez "El Nigromante"

Irapuato
28.7.2023
15:00 (Horario CST)
Teatro de la Ciudad