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Release Date:
29 May 2008 (Argentina)
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Tagline:
Motherhood Behind Bars
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An incarcerated woman struggles to raise her son from prison. full summary | add synopsis
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10 wins
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12 nominations
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(4 articles)
Torino Glbt Film Festival Awards 2009
(From Alternative Film Guide. 3 May 2009, 12:57 AM, PDT)
Torino Glbt Film Festival 2009: Feature Lineup
(From Alternative Film Guide. 23 April 2009, 6:47 PM, PDT)
(From Alternative Film Guide. 3 May 2009, 12:57 AM, PDT)
Torino Glbt Film Festival 2009: Feature Lineup
(From Alternative Film Guide. 23 April 2009, 6:47 PM, PDT)
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Women in Prison Movie Dardenne Brothers style
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Martina Gusman | ... | Julia | |
| Elli Medeiros | ... | Sofia | |
| Rodrigo Santoro | ... | Ramiro | |
| Laura García | ... | Marta | |
| Tomás Plotinsky | ... | Tomás VI (as Tomas Plotinsky) | |
| Leonardo Sauma | ... | Ugo Casman | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Walter Cignoli | ... | Perito Psicólogo | |
| Roberto Maciel | ... | Abogado de Oficio | |
| Ricardo Ragendorfer | ... | Juez de Instrucción (as Ricardo Raguendorfer) | |
| Clara Sajnovetzky | ... | Elsa | |
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Also Known As:
Desencuentro (Argentina) (working title)
Leonera (Brazil)
Lion's Den (International: English title)
Misencounter (International: English title) (working title)
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Leonera (Brazil)
Lion's Den (International: English title)
Misencounter (International: English title) (working title)
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113 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Argentina:13 |
Netherlands:12 |
Belgium:KT |
France:U |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Poland:15 |
Germany:12 |
Spain:13 |
USA:Not Rated |
Brazil:14
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Argentina's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category.
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El Bombon
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The women in prison genre is often associated with cat-calling girl-fights and the guilty pleasure to the audience of women talking dirty and acting, actions supposed to be the purview of Tarzan aping men. Trapero's Leonera offers something else, an inquisition into how a life behind bars can change the human psyche and create a bond between a child and a mother. Echoing the early movies of the French New Wave that placed the gyneco-issues front and center and the point of view objectivity of the Dardenne Brothers, it is a worthy addition to what can be called the post-modern woman's picture. What is it like to give birth to your child behind bars? To have your child taken away, the rejoinder and enjoinder are all explored. With a wonderful performance by Martina Gusman, it is another worthy canon to 21st Century Argentine cinema.