FILM SYNOPSIS:

After her mother dies in an accident, 18‐year‐old María decides to look for the father she has never met. As a child, this simple and sensitive young girl picked up the strange habit of putting ladybugs in her mouth. María travels to a nearby town taking what few belongings she has and a puzzling red dress her mother kept mysteriously hidden under her bed. María finds her father Joaquín living in a dark old house located in the middle of an abandoned banana plantation, which the locals claim to be haunted by spirits. He lives there alone, with an enigmatic Haitian as his only company called Montifá.

Having no one else in the world, she has no option but to stay with this drunken and recently widowed old man where she’d have to deal with the ghosts of the past that haunt them both. In town, she meets a Puerto Rican young man with a mysterious past and a strong attraction grows between them. Without a clear reason, María’s father tries desperately to keep her away from the Boricua, but the young couple meets behind his back.

In a mystic episode in the banana plantation, María finally manages to come to terms with the entities living around and inside of her.

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:

With a degree in Advertising Arts, very soon she started line producing TV commercials and feature films for local and foreign companies. In 2000 she graduated from The London Film School in the UK, presenting her graduation film “Ysrael” - a film based on a short story by the Pulitzer price winner Junot Díaz – which got excellent reviews and was selected to represent the school in several student film festivals. More interested in posing questions than making statements, Tonos loves getting involved in projects that will lead to reflection. Always concerned about social issues, she has directed several videos for non-profit organizations. Love Child is first feature film.