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Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 93 minutes

Log Line

Matías, a four-year-old boy, arrives at a women’s shelter. He’s with his mother Laura. Laura decides to leave the shelter, to set out to rebuild her broken family. With Matías, she begins a whirlwind tour around the city, where previously-known things now pose a threat.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2014 (Premiere)
  • Toronto 2014 (Line up)
  • AFM 2014 (Line up)
  • Ventana Sur 2014 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Diego LERMAN
Cast : Julieta DIAZ

Producer(s) : Nico AVRUJ (Campo Cine)

Synopsis

7 year old Matías returns home from a friend's birthday party to find his mother, Laura, unconscious on the floor.
When she gets back to her senses they decide to leave home and rush to a shelter for abused women where they spend 48 hours before Laura decides to rebuild her life somewhere else.
Through the eyes of Matías we will discover their escape in a city where everything Matías once knew feels dangerous and foreign until Laura finds a secure place to raise her son.

Production

Country(ies) : ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA Oct 30, 2014 DISTRIBUTION CO
BELGIUM May 13, 2015 IMAGINE FILM DI
FRANCE May 13, 2015 HAUT ET COURT D
NETHERLAND Sep 17, 2015 CONTACT FILM
POLAND Mar 06, 2015 NEW HORIZONS IN
SPAIN Mar 06, 2015 CARAMEL FILMS S
SWITZERLAN Mar 26, 2015 TRIGON-FILM
TAIWAN ENCORE FILM CO.

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Festivals and Awards

Directors' Fortnight 2014 Directors' Fortnight
San Sebastian FF 2014 Horizontes Latinos
Ventana Sur 2014 Latam
Guadalajara FICG 2015 International Feature


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