Defenders of Life

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.

Director: Dana Ziyasheva

Cast: Beatriz Brenes, Arman Darbo, Eylin Esther Jimenez Gonzales, Carmen Romero Palacios, Francisco Rodriguez Atencio, Kattia Palacio Palacios, Alexis Rodriguez Gallardo, Mario Mendoza Jimenez

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.