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Juana Pelos

2025 · 8 min

A small, tender slice of girlhood that balances playground cruelty with the warmth of sisters quietly having each other's backs.

Directed by
Maria Mealla
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Abby Villareal, Corina Vela, Esmeralda Camargo
Overview
A young Latina girl, getting bullied at school for her prominent leg hair, begs her mother to let her shave her legs. When her mom adamantly refuses, the girl turns to her older sister for help.

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Directed by
Maria Mealla
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Abby Villareal, Corina Vela, Esmeralda Camargo
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • family
  • gender
  • trauma
Places
  • home
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Maria Mealla
Written by
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Starring
Abby Villareal, Corina Vela, Esmeralda Camargo, Sesar Sandoval, Avital Cuevas, Nathan Bryant, Natalia Villegas, Alejandro Morales
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
8 min
Languages
English, Spanish

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