Apio Verde

Jun 5, 2013

1h 22m

★ 6.7

She must choose

Overview

Adriana finds out the son she's expecting suffers a brain malformation that won't allow him to live outside her womb. As therapeutic abortion is illegal in Chile, she must wait until her baby is naturally born.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Efecto Moral Films

Apio Verde Trailers

Cast

Adriana Espinoza

Catherine Mazoyer

Diego Donoso

Cristián Gajardo

Lucia

Catalina Aguayo

Mother Mariana

Sonia Mena

Adriana's Mother (Carmen)

Teresita Reyes

Tomás

Andrés Gómez

Congresswoman Fernández

Carolina Paulsen

Melanie

Jenny Cavallo

Priest

Alejandro Trejo

Doctor

Gregory Cohen

Interviewer

Claudia Hidalgo

Reporter

Paulina González

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