The Awakening of the Ants (2019)

Isha is a tailor and lives with her family in a small town in Costa Rica. She and her two daughters both have thick long hair and are very careful. It is knitted and combed, the knots are carefully untied, and the chewing gum is laboriously removed. No scissors. Alcides, Issa's husband and father of two girls, wants a third child-a son. However, Issa does not want to get pregnant again. She wants to focus on work and already has enough time with her two children and a family, which she manages herself. Until now, she has never questioned her role in the family. However, when she discovered that Alcides didn't seem to be listening and insisted on his third child's wish, she realized something had to change. She secretly obtained the pill. Is she now responsible for her sexual orientation and identity? Telling with vivid colors and brief surreal moments, El Despertar de Las Hormigas is a fascinating story of the liberation of a young woman who, despite the few limitations of the patriarchal social structure, begins to find her own path and express her needs. Isa is a dressma...