Synopsis

The Ivy depicts the reunion of two characters separated by a brutal occurrence. A mother and son who appear to be almost the same age. The Oedipus complex, maternity ranging from the instinctive to the impossible. The universe of orphanages in Ecuador and the “aging out” of those who are never adopted, these are the themes explored in The Ivy, as well as Azucena’s wounded sexuality, hypnosis, the ravages of her disease, and encounters with many different bodies: her grandfather, her son, the men at the club, and with herself and her own elasticity.

Technical information

Country / state Ecuador | México

Estimated Budget US$ 650,000.00

Amount Raised US$ 29,000.00

Contact [email protected]

Selected project in the BrLab, 2020

Production Company

Botón Films & BHD Films

BOTÓN FILMS Ecuadorian production company founded by Joe Houlberg. Its vision is to find new ways of producing films that adapt to the reality of Latin-American cinema, focusing on independent authorial films with intimate and honest perspectives that also explore new language and content. The company is presently developing four equatorian projects.

BHD FILMS Founded by Alejandro de Icaza in 2017 as a film production company with the objective of developing ideas that enrich society, through feature films of aesthetic excellence and narrative content, with a balance between artistic quality and social awareness.