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An average of 400 children are born in Nicaragua every day, 100 of them to adolescent mothers. This documentary narrates the lives of three such adolescents: 14-year-old Kenia, from a poor neighborhood in Managua; 15-year-old Blanca, who lives deep in the mountains; and Viviana, a 16-year-old Miskito indigenous girl from the North Atlantic region. None of the three had planned to be a mother at such an early age. We sought them out and followed their lives for several months, learning about their families, their stories of love, their doubts, their hopes and the tough reality in which they went through their pregnancy and will have to raise their children. These are not stories with happy endings, they are stories that raise many questions about traditional behavior related to women’s identity and what maternity means.

Nicaragua - 2004 - 45 mn - Betacam SP - Colour

Director Florence Jaugey Writer Florence Jaugey Camera Frank Pineda Sound Armando Moreira Editing Gerardo Arce Music Engel Ortega

Production Camila Films, Apartado postal P.149, Las Piedrecitas, Managua, Nicaragua Tél : +505 222 5517 Fax : +505 222 4606 E-mail : camifilm@ibw.com.ni

Sales Camila Films, Apartado postal P.149, Las Piedrecitas, Managua, Nicaragua Tél : +505 222 5517 Fax : +505 222 4606 E-mail : camifilm@ibw.com.ni