The Wait
(La espera)
Darío Doria | Documentary
2026 | 79 minutes | Argentina
The Wait explores children denied family life, revealing the complexities of growing up without nurturing relationships and waiting for a family.
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Synopsis
The Wait tells the stories of children whose right to live in a family has been violated. Childhoods that are trying to be contained and repaired. Some are told in the first person, others in the third, in the present and in the past. Some are bright, others less so. A collage of lives that reveals how difficult it is, how difficult it must be, to grow up outside a nurturing family, without a mother, without a father, without the support of caring relationships.
Moving away from a romanticized or adult-centered view of adoption, director Dario Doria asks what it means to understand adoption from the perspective of the children who are actually waiting—and what is required of the adults who hope to become their families.
Reviews
“Far from any romanticized view, it starkly exposes the reality of children who are not adopted.” — Laia Cabuli, EscribiendoCine
“Darío Doria’s documentary is, on the surface, a series of interviews that reveal different experiences centered on the topic of adoption. On a deeper level, it is a documentary that revolves around those perceptions of time, which create tension and can only be resolved—paradoxically—with time.” — José Luis Visconti, Hacerse La Crítica
“A successful and original documentary film that addresses the possible transitions of children from care homes to family life.” — Sergio Arboleya, Reencuadre.
"A sensitive approach that reveals all the stages and complexities of the system.” — Juan Pablo Mansilla, Línea Documental.
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Pragda subjects
Economics + Social Class Issues
Family
Human Rights
Mental Health
Sociology
South America
Youth
Keywords
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Festivals
BAFICI Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Darío Doria
NATIONALITY: Argentina
YEAR: 2026
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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