Between raising her young son, taking care of her ill-tempered, cancer-battling mother, navigating her career as a top-notch lawyer dealing with a major corruption scandal, Silvia could very well be on the verge of a nervous breakdown. And what if the answer to all this was simply… love?

In her first incursion into acting, writer Carolina Sanín delivers an arresting performance as a caring daughter and mother in the midst of personal and professional turmoil. The second film by Colombian writer-director Franco Lolli, Litigante premiered as the opening film of Cannes’ Critics Week.