What limits does Malena push to get what she wants most? Malena is a 38-year-old middle-class doctor from Buenos Aires. One afternoon, she receives a call from Doctor Costas, who informs her that she must travel immediately to the north of the country: the baby she was expecting is about to be born. Unexpectedly, Malena decides to embark on an uncertain journey, full of crossroads, facing all kinds of legal and moral obstacles that will make her constantly question how far she is willing to go.
That film that makes you love and hate the characters alternately, a dubious feeling with each new action, divergent reaction, dichotomous analysis... A simple theme developed in an intelligent and very emotional way, beautiful photographs, extraordinary performances, especially by the two female protagonists and mothers, we manage to feel angry and sorry at the same time, for both, while the world is an ambitious and petty agglomeration of scrotum males...
That film that makes you love and hate the characters alternately, a dubious feeling with each new action, divergent reaction, dichotomous analysis... A simple theme developed in an intelligent and very emotional way, beautiful photographs, extraordinary performances, especially by the two female protagonists and mothers, we manage to feel angry and sorry at the same time, for both, while the world is an ambitious and petty agglomeration of scrotum males...