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Lion's Den

Country: Argentina, Language: Spanish, 113 mins

Original Title

Leonera
  • Director: Pablo Trapero
  • Writer: Alejandro Fadel; Martín Mauregui
  • Producer: Alejandro Cacetta; Juan Pablo Galli

CGiii Comment

Trapero doesn't scrimp on the realism - he lays it on thick.

A thoroughly plausible story - acted perfectly.

Exceptional film-making on all levels.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Julia, a 25 year-old university student, two weeks pregnant, with no criminal record, is sent to prison. Julia murdered the father of her child. This story addresses maternity, jail and Justice; confinement, guilt and solitude; but above all it deals with Julia and her son, Tomas, born inside an Argentinean prison.

Cast & Characters

Martina Gusman as Julia;
Elli Medeiros as Sofia;
Rodrigo Santoro as Ramiro;
Laura Garcia as Marta;
Tomas Plotinsky as Tomas VI;
Leonardo Sauma as Ugo Casman;
Walter Cignoli as Perito Psicologo;
Roberto Maciel as Abogado de Oficio;
Ricardo Ragendorfer as Juez de Instruccion;
Clara Sajnovetzky as Elsa