The motion picture is the story of Carla, who explores the challenges of growth and the transformation of human beings through a teenager grieving the death of her older brother, which left her speechless and arrives in the Galapagos Island with her father, a biologist specialized in conservation.

As he lectures about endangered species, the girl faces her fears, but she discovers the importance of friendship and communication to survive.

This is the moment when Carla mutates and transforms into Isla to achieve that survival. The film was premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in April and is inspired by Charles Darwin’s “The Origin of Species,” the Bible and “One Thousand and One Nights,” which are referred to throughout the film.

Tania Hermida, the screenwriter and director, explained that she has always been interested in female characters.

“I like those who manage to transform themselves and their world when they acquire the power to narrate,” she said.

“My first two films, “Qué tan Lejos” (How Far, 2006) and “En el Nombre de la Hija” (In the Name of the Daughter, 2011), revolve in different ways around those topics,” she commented to a digital site of the Ecuadorian House of Culture, Núcleo del Azuay.

The film was shot on Isabela Island (Galapagos) in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic and is made up of a young cast led by Ana María Carrión, Gabriel Saltos and Jean Carlo Cabrera, along with Pancho Aguirre.

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