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2012 | Color | 110 min 0 seg

The "Villa Virgin" is a shantytown in the slums of Buenos Aires. Julian and Nicolas, two priests and long-standing friends, work tirelessly to help the local people. Julian uses his political connections to oversee the construction of a hospital. Nicolas joins him following the failure of a project he was leading in the jungle, after paramilitary forces assassinated members of the community. Deeply troubled, he finds some comfort in Luciana, a young, attractive, atheist social worker. As Nicolas? faith weakens, tension and violence between the slum drug-dealing cartels grows. Finally, when work on the hospital is halted by ministerial decree, the fuse is lit...


Country: Francia, España, Argentina
Direction: Trapero; Pablo
Script: Mitre; Santiago, Trapero; Pablo, Mauregui; Martín, Fadel; Alejandro
Production: Gordon; Juan, Trapero; Pablo, Pablo Galli; Juan, Cacetta; Alejandro, Vera; Juan
Photography: Nieto; Guillermo
Sound: Lidón; Carlos
Music: Nyman; Michael
Cast:Darín Jérémie Renier Martina Gusman; Ricardo
Art direction: Brun; Fernando, Pedro de Gaspar; Juan
Participation year at FICM: 2012

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