White Elephant

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2012 | Argentina, Spain, France | Color | 110 min 0 min.

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…

Direction: Trapero, Pablo

Script: Fadel, Alejandro | Mauregui, Martín | Mitre, Santiago | Trapero, Pablo

Country: Argentina, Spain, France

Production: Cacetta, Alejandro | Gordon, Juan | Pablo Galli, Juan | Trapero, Pablo | Vera, Juan

Production Company: Full House | Matanza Ciné | Morena Films | Patagonik

Photography: Nieto, Guillermo

Edition: Ruiz Capillas, Nacho | Trapero, Pablo

Sound: Lidón, Carlos

Music: Nyman, Michael

Cast: Darín Jérémie Renier Martina Gusman, Ricardo

Art Direction: Brun, Fernando | Pedro de Gaspar, Juan

Year of participation at FICM:
2012

Films by the same director presented at FICM:

7 Days in Habana (2012)

Morelia Film Fest

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