Motherhood told in splintered bones and fractured identity with FantasticFest2022's Huesera.
Horror is a genre for women: from final girls to the oft-disbelieved women who, by movie’s end, are proven to have been right all along.
Not only is it the genre that most frequently and accurately depicts the maddening anxieties of impossible expectations, stolen bodily autonomy, and constant invalidation – it’s also the rare genre where women consistently fight back, kick ass, and take vengeance. Mexican maternity horroris a graveyard of identity. The story follows Valeria , a young woman who has recently become pregnant. Her husband, Raúl , is thrilled, and so is Valeria.
Valeria’s options, however, appear limited. Abortion seems to be out – Catholic imagery and practices are heavily referenced throughout – and nearly everyone around her lives a traditional lifestyle, with the exception of still-single Aunt Isabel , who is openly derided by the family, referred to as a “spinster” and held up as an example of how not to live.
But Valeria herself has never been especially “traditional.” Aside from her interest in carpentry, she’s shaved her head and taken women’s boxing classes; in a flashback sequence, she discusses going to university to “follow in her brother’s footsteps,” and later we see her chanting, “I don’t like domestication!” with a group of punk-outfitted friends – including former flame Octavia , because Valeria is also bisexual.
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