Ema (film)

Ema is a 2019 Chilean drama film directed by Pablo Larraín from a screenplay by Guillermo Calderón and Alejandro Moreno.

It stars Gael García Bernal, Mariana Di Girolamo, Paula Luchsinger, Cristian Suarez, Paola Giannini and Santiago Cabrera.

She is unable to overcome her sense of guilt towards Polo, the child they had adopted to make up for Gaston's sterility and whom they have later again brought back to the orphanage.

In August 2018, it was announced Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Bernal, Paola Giannini, Santiago Cabrera, Giannina Fruttero, Josefina Fiebelkorn, Paula Hofmann, Paula Luchsinger, Antonia Giesen, Catalina Saavedra, Mariana Loyola and Susana Hidalgo had joined the cast of the film, with Pablo Larraín directing from a screenplay by Guillermo Calderón and Alejandro Moreno.

The consensus reads, "Beautifully filmed and powerfully acted, Ema puts a thoroughly distinctive spin on its story of emotional trauma and self-discovery.