Nestled in a warm, supportive home with her mother Paula (Mariana Loyola, The Maid), her mother’s partner Lia (Agustina Muñoz, Viola) and younger sister Catalina (Emilia Ossandon), 12-year-old Sara (Julia Lübbert) takes her first cautious steps into the world of high school and boys alongside her best friend Pancha. But when their uncommon home life is challenged by her father Victor (Daniel Muñoz), smart and observant Sara faces the possibility of having her family torn apart.

Co-written by acclaimed author Alicia Scherson (Play), this debut feature from writer/director Pepa San Martín is a fresh and surprising coming-of-age film that doesn’t shy away from issues faced by many families headed by same-sex parents, without ever becoming a “lesson” film. Keenly observed and sensitively drawn, Rara is a movie for anyone who’s fought to keep their head up in a world that just doesn’t get it.

“Wonderfully light of touch and even-handedly compassionate, this richly human film is full of the quieter values, topped off by an assured performance of great maturity by the young Julia Lübbert.” Jonathan Holland, The Hollywood Reporter