April's Daughters

April's Daughters

A mother's love knows no limits.

2017 · 103 min · ★ 5.9 · 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 economic strain and the overwhelming responsibility of having a baby in the house, Clara decides to call their mother. April arrives, willing to her daughters, but we soon understand why Valeria had wanted her to stay away.

Directed by Michel Franco · Written by Michel Franco

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Streaming

Cast

Make it a double feature

4h 3m together

April's Daughters

La Civil

Both from Michel Franco.

More from Michel FrancoSee all →

La Civil

La Civil · 2021

MovieDramaCrime

Cielo is a mother whose teenage daughter is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands and transforms from housewife into a vengeful militant.

Flies

MovieDramaComedy

Olga lives a strictly regulated life without attachments in a vast apartment block. When out of financial necessity she rents a room in her apartment to a man who also sneaks-in his nine-year-old son, an unlikely bond forms. Her carefully controlled world begins to shift, and their lives become intertwined against her will.

Heroic

MovieDramaThriller

Luis, an 18-year-old Mexican boy with indigenous roots, enters the Heroico Military College with the hope of securing a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to make him a perfect soldier.

Memory

Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.

Workforce

Workforce · 2020

Francisco was building a luxurious house in Mexico where a fatal accident caused the death of his brother. When Francisco learns that his widowed sister-in-law will not receive a compensation from the opulent owner of the house, he will seek justice.

Daniel & Ana

Daniel & Ana · 2009

MovieThrillerDrama

Being kidnapped shatters a brother and sister's harmony, forcing them to confront their desires.

After Lucia

After Lucia · 2012

Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.

New Order

New Order · 2020

MovieDramaThriller

In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.

The Box

The Box · 2021

A young boy on a mission to collect what he believes to be his father’s remains gets sucked into the underbelly of the migrant industry in Mexico.

Sundown

Sundown · 2022

When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.

Dreams

MovieRomanceThriller

A powerful socialite and a promising ballet dancer begin a dangerous affair. When he secretly crosses the US-Mexico border, she takes desperate measures to protect their future together.

From Afar

From Afar · 2015

Armando, a 50 year man, seeks young men in Caracas and pays them just for company. One day he meets Elder, a 17 years boy that is the leader of a criminal gang, and that meeting changes their lives forever.

At Midnight

At Midnight · 2023

MovieRomanceComedy

Alejandro's life is disrupted when actress Sophie Wilder stays at his hotel. To their surprise, the two fall for one another, meeting at midnight.

600 Miles

600 Miles · 2015

MovieThrillerDrama

Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.

Chronic

Chronic · 2015

David is a nurse who works with terminally ill patients. Dedicated to his profession, he develops strong relationships with the people he cares for. But outside of work, it's a different story altogether.

The Heirs

The Heirs · 2015

Teenagers’ leisure at full swing: a group of friends spend their holidays at parties, having sex, boozing, and partaking in any adventure that brings them a boost of adrenaline. As they use violence for entertainment and to fulfill their authoritarian fantasies, their adventures will show the cracks and the collapse of the perfect world they live in.

More Like This

Quién te cantará

Quién te cantará · 2018

Quién te cantará

MovieMusicDrama

Lila, a famous retired singer, loses her memory after suffering an accident, just as she planned her return to the stage.

Her Smell

Her Smell · 2019

MovieDramaMusic

A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.

Snapshots

Snapshots · 2018

Rose spends her days fishing near the beautiful lake house she’s called home for 50 years. She’s not getting any younger and her daughter Patti worries about Rose being all alone, but the stubborn matriarch will not sell. There are memories here that she doesn’t want to leave. These come flooding back one weekend during a visit from Patti and granddaughter Allison, when a long-forgotten roll of film reminds Rose of the summer she met and fell in love with the bold and beautiful Louise.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter