Forever Your Maternal Animal
movie · Released
View on VideBits →After years studying in Europe, Elsa returns to Costa Rica to reunite with her family. She finds her younger sister living alone in the family home, growing increasingly distant and reclusive, as if slipping into a world of her own. Their parents, meanwhile, are absorbed in their own lives. Her father drifts through a series of affairs, while her mother is immersed in republishing the erotic poems of her youth, neither fully grasping the urgency of the situation. Elsa’s return draws the three women into a confrontation with what still binds them, despite everything.
Release dates
- Trailer: 2026-05-14
Timeline
- 2026-09-30 — PROJECT_RELEASED: TMDb status: Released
- 2026-09-30 — Release date set: Release date set to 2026-09-30
- 2026-05-14 — Trailer: Trailer: 'Forever Your Maternal Animal': first trailer for Valentina Maurel’s Cannes film
Also confirmed: Casting, Director attached, Studio attached, Writer attached.
Cast & crew
Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez · Valentina Maurel · Daniela Marín Navarro · Mariangel Villegas · Marina de Tavira