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EL ARDOR (THE ARDOR)
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Central America, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Caribbean
 
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Completed - SPANISH - Thriller - 102 minutes

Log Line

By the director of "Blood Appears" and "The Mugglers".
Kaí gets floating down a river to the tobacco farm of some tenants that have been threatened for a while by “intruders” who set ploughed land in the forest on fire. They do not know Kaí, but they seem to have been waiting for him.

Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Pablo FENDRIK
Writer(s) : Pablo FENDRIK
Cast : Gael GARCÍA BERNAL, Alice BRAGA

Producer(s) : Juan pablo GUGLIOTTA (MAGMA CINE)

Synopsis

Kai, a man in his thirties, has the looks of someone who has lived in the jungle his whole life.
As he is walking into the jungle, he comes across a small tobacco ranch where he meets Joao, the owner, and his beautiful daughter Vania.
The same night, the ranch is attacked by intruders, Joao is killed and Vania is kidnapped. Dragged into the jungle, Vania is almost driven to insanity by the despair of seeing her father being brutally murdered. Kai, who remains hidden in the shed, decides to go after the intruders’ trail to get Vania back...

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG, BELGIUM

ARGENTINA Sep 04, 2014 EE S.A. (ENERGI
GERMANY Aug 06, 2015 TIBERIUS FILM G
GREECE STRADA FILMS
JAPAN AYA PRO CO. LTD
TURKEY MARS PRODUCTION
USA Jul 17, 2015 PARTICIPANT MED
USA PALMERA INTERNA
VENEZUELA BLANCO & TRAVIE


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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2014 Out of Competition
Ventana Sur 2014 Latam


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