An intimate and moving portrait of growing up without a foundation called family.
Amidst silences, absences, and unfulfilled dreams, Magma delves into the memories of those who grew up institutionalized, far from the everyday affections that shape childhood. The film follows the intertwined paths of young adults who spent years in temporary homes—some were adopted, others remained in the system, all marked the passage of time with invisible scars.
With a sensitive narrative and cinematically engaging style, Magma constructs an emotional and political mosaic. The individual stories are stitched together by common themes—abandonment, belonging, resistance—forming a collective portrait of the experience of growing up on the margins. Between denunciation and contemplation, the film questions the wounds left by a system that so often fails to protect the most vulnerable.
Magma is a gesture of deep listening. A journey into the depths of human emotions, where each memory transforms into magma—boiling matter that shapes identities, exposes inequalities, and invites empathy.
