De los abandonados

Mabel Itzcovich is a filmmaker and film critic of the 1960s who remains relatively unknown. In her debut work, she explores the relationship between mothers and their children in a public hospital. The film offers an austere, precise perspective; its black-and-white photography and editing depict a difficult yet everyday reality without falling into melodrama—traits that would define the rest of her brief body of work. — Andres Levinson (Museo del Cine).