“April’s Daughter” Needs to Focus More
Release Date:Jan/12/ 2018 Genre: Drama Director: Michel Franco Cast: Emma Suárez、Hernan Mendoza、Joanna Larequi Viola's Rating:6.4 Having Director Guillermo del Toro winning Best Director and Best Picture of the Academy Awards with The Shape of Water, Mexican feature films are getting more and more attention these days. “April’s Daughter” was released in the US at AFI Fest and Palm Springs International Film Festival, and was only seen at festivals as well as in most countries. Being a satisfying film, “April’s Daughter” actually needs to focus more on its plot development. There are four main characters in this drama. The protagonist, Valeria, is a 17 year-old, pregnant young girl, not quite adult. She lives in Puerto Vallarta with Clara, her half-sister. The two sisters share the same mother, who also appears in the flick, April. Valeria doesn’t want her long-absent mother, April, to find out about her pregnancy, but due to their economic angst and the over...