Defenders of Life
"Children Bearing Children"
Overview
In the hills of Costa Rica, Doña Carmen struggles to pass on her tribe's traditional ways of life. She must soon marry off her only granddaughter, and 70-year-old shaman Don Claudio lays his claim to the girl, who is only 12 and already impregnated by him. When the girl befriends the young son of a visiting anthropologist, it forces a collision between the modern world and the ancient one.
About Defenders of Life (2015)
Released in 2015, Defenders of Life is a drama film (Costa Rica). It was directed by Dana Ziyasheva and written by Dana Ziyasheva. The cast is led by Beatriz Brenes, Arman Darbo, Eylin Esther Jimenez Gonzales, Carmen Romero Palacios and Francisco Rodriguez Atencio. With a runtime of 1h 33m, the film averages 7.5/10 across 2 TMDB ratings.
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