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April's Daughter

April's Daughter (Las hijas de Abril)

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  • Mexico
  • 2017
  • · 103m

Director Michel Franco
Cast Emma Suárez, Hernán Mendoza, Joanna Larequi, Enrique Arrizon
Genre Drama

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 overwhelming responsibility of having a baby in the house, Clara decides to call April. April arrives, causing much tension within the household.

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75

The Film Stage by Jordan Ruimy

The tension that Franco builds with every scene is crafty and strong, leaving one curious enough to wonder where this narrative is going.

70

Screen Daily by Allan Hunter

Franco manages to maintain credibility as he ramps up the emotional stakes, creating situations in which the viewer longs to jump into the screen and change the course of events.

70

Variety by Peter Debruge

Frankly, it’s anybody guess why characters do what they do in April’s Daughter, which may be both realistic and admirably nonjudgmental on Franco’s part, but it makes for a confusing and at times clinical moviegoing experience, as the director applies his detached Michael Haneke-like style to material that begs a certain amount of clarification.

70

Screen International by Allan Hunter

Franco manages to maintain credibility as he ramps up the emotional stakes, creating situations in which the viewer longs to jump into the screen and change the course of events.

60

The Hollywood Reporter by Boyd van Hoeij

Minutely observed and framed with great precision, this finally has a few too many characters and twists to become a fully satisfying drama.

60

CineVue by John Bleasdale

Franco has a hardlined style and a kind of story that play like an apprentice Haneke. However, as each film arrives, the power diminishes, because the stories are now easily predictable.

50

The Playlist by Jessica Kiang

What begins as a well-observed, quietly modulated study of teen pregnancy and the strains of young motherhood devolves abruptly into extravagantly nutty soap operatics.