Ecuadorian Ana Cristina Barragán Presents ‘Ivy’ in Venice, a Story of Tenderness and Abandonment

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Ecuadorian filmmaker Ana Cristina Barragán presented her latest film, Hiedra, at the Venice Show, where she treats childhood wounds and their consequences, telling the story of a young woman who is looking for her son, whom she abandoned as a baby.

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Porfirio Escandón In the midst of the reflectors of European cinema, a soft, Ecuadorian and female voice bursts into the Mostra de Venecia. It does not seek to shout, but to suggest. Ana Cristina Barragán, a 38-year-old filmmaker born in Quito, arrives with her third film, Hiedra, to leave a silent but firm footprint in the Horizons section of the festival. The film speaks of abandonment, childhood wounds, racism and tenderness. As she herself h…