Anti-Princesas

Quietly devastating and ultimately hopeful, it watches women reclaim their voices through performance, leaving a heavy but stirring afterglow.

Directed by

Alejandro de Icaza

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Cynthia Berenice Vilchis Camarena, Eva Gorduño Sabordo, Ana Nelly Rentería Ramírez

Overview

At the Neza-Bordo prison, ten incarcerated women take part in a theater workshop led by La Cana. Through rehearsals, the stage becomes a space to name violence, revisit their own stories and recover a voice that was silenced for years. Anti-Princesas follows this process up to the final performance in front of their families, interweaving the theater work with the participants' testimonies. Their accounts reveal stories marked by gender-based violence, abusive relationships, long periods without a sentence, and a justice system that often fails to effectively apply the gender perspective set out in Mexican law. More than a film about prison, Anti-Princesas is a collective portrait of ten women who, from confinement, find in theater a form of resistance, expression and freedom.

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Justice, gender, trauma, healing

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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