O Corno do Centeo

Arousa Island. August 1971. The apparent normality of the island hints at the secrets of its inhabitants, whispered truths that cannot be revealed. MARÍA [42], is a corpulent, gruff and strongly committed woman. She is the island’s midwife and helps women with the proximity and effort that only she can offer. She accompanies every contraction, every effort and birth with her own pain and body. Sometimes, in the silence of the night, she carried out clandestine abortions.