Alanis

Alanis (2017) is an Argentine drama you can watch online on iFILM — directed by Anahí Berneri and starring Sofía Gala Castiglione. María is a young mother from the provinces who arrived in Buenos Aires with a baby and no money, no work history, no safety net. She goes by Alanis — after the famous singer — and takes sex work as the only income available.

When her closest friend is arrested and her landlord evicts her, the fragile life she built over two years collapses at once. The only place left is her aunt's — a kind woman whose strict views on how a woman should live come with no exceptions. Dante Della Paolera plays Alanis's small son in close, wordless scenes that carry most of the film's weight.

Shown in Panorama at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival, Berneri shot it in tight observational close-ups — no speeches, no moral conclusion, just a woman doing what she has to do. Stream Alanis (2017) online on iFILM.