Trigal

Trigal (lit. 'Wheat field') is a 2022 Mexican drama film written and directed by Anabel Caso in her directorial debut. Starring Emilia Berjón Ramírez, Abril Michel and Alberto Guerra. It is about the sexual awakening in female puberty.

So far, the film has been nominated in the Best Feature Film category at the Morelia International Film Festival and won 2 Ariel Awards for Best Supporting Actress for Úrsula Pruneda and Best Breakthrough Performance for Emilia Berjón, in addition to having a nomination for Best First Work.

Synopsis
Sofía, a 13-year-old girl, during her vacation is sent to a country house in Sonora where her 15-year-old cousin Cristina is waiting for her. On those hot days of leisure and walks among the wheat fields, both will be submerged in a love triangle with a day laborer twenty years older, J.C. and whose end, not without pain, will mark the passage from puberty to adolescence for both of them.

Cast
The actors participating in this film are:


 * Emilia Berjón Ramírez as Sofia
 * Abril Michel as Cristina
 * Alberto Guerra as J.C.
 * Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio as Silvia
 * Úrsula Pruneda as Susi
 * Patricia Ortiz as Carmen
 * Gerardo Trejo Luna
 * Memo Villegas

Script
The original idea for Trigal was born 10 years ago, taking as inspiration personal memories that the director had in her life in the countryside with her grandparents and cousins in Argentina.

Filming
Principal photography began in March 2020 in Hermosillo, Mexico. However, after 2 weeks of filming, the recordings were paralyzed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the end, the recordings resumed on August 10, 2020, lasting 2 weeks.

Release
It had its world premiere on October 25, 2022, at the Morelia International Film Festival. It was commercially released on April 20, 2023, in Mexican theaters.