In Uruguay, even 23 years later, there are still a lot of desaparecidos – missing people who vanished during the dictatorship between 1973-84 and were never found again. Maria Emilia Islas is one of those still missing. She disappeared at age 22, along with her husband and her child of 18 months. Maria’s mother, Maria Esther Gatti, spent 16 years searching for her granddaughter and finally found her living with a family of an Argentinian military officer in Buenos Aires. After learning the truth about her origins, the 18-year old granddaughter chose to continue living with her foster parents, who had adopted her by force when her mother was killed when she was a baby.

Director: Maria Teresa Curzio
Writer: Maria Teresa Curzio
Cinematographer: Barbara Alvarez
Editor: Patrik Metzger
Music: Ann Marie Almada
Sound: Oliver Fabian
Producers: Maria Teresa Curzio, Gunter Hanfgarn
Sponsor: Künstlerinnenförderung Senat Berlin