Creatura

'Creatura' is a story about a woman's sexual awakening which provokes that she reconsiders her previous relationships. The main character Mila and her partner move together to a small village in Costa Brava, Barcelona. After a first fight, Mila starts realizing that her sexual desire lost comes from a deep and far place inside her, but a place her own. She will learn about herself and her experiences along this story.

Director Elena Martñin film focuses on the moment a woman starts to learn how to feel pleasure and, at the same time, how she feels guilty for it. Through this plot, the director explores women sexual fears from their childhood and teenage years to the adult age.

When Mila finds herself alone in her family summer house, Mila relives some of her past experiences from her childhood and adolescence which marked her for the rest of her life. She starts to bring back some memories which will help her understand where that block comes from. This way, she will be able to make peace with her own body and learn how to have a more sincere and healthy relationship with the people she loves the most.

This is Catalan director Elena Martin's second film ('Júlia Ist'). With 'Creatura' she got the maximum award in the Cannes Directors Fortnight section of the Cannes Festival of 2023.