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1939 | B/N | 85:00

In 1915, a contractor travels to Posadas in search of new employees. In the world of missionary yerba mate plantations, the unscrupulous foreman discovers that a farm laborer has fallen in love with the village doctor’s daughter, unleashing a personal vendetta against him. The tension grows and the violent repercussions become irreversible.


Direction: Soffici; Mario
Script: Petit de Murat; Ulises, Quiroga; Darío (basando en varios cuentos de Horacio Quiroga)
Photography: Tabernero; Pablo
Sound: Szmetan; Andrés
Music: Demare; Lucio
Cast:Cárpena; Homero, De Lange; Raúl, Fugazot; Roberto, Galvé; Elisa, Magaña; Ángel, Petray; Pepito, Petrone; Francisco, Tortorelli; Félix, Villoldo; Manuel
Participation year at FICM: 2018

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