Girls to Mothers
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. 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.
Directors
Florence Jaugey
Born in France, Florence Jaugey took residence in Nicaragua and together with Frank Pineda, a Nicaraguan filmmaker, set up Camila Films in 1990. She has worked as a scriptwriter and actress in some Camila Films productions. Her short film, Cinema Alcazar, won a Silver Berlin Bear in 1998.