Plot Summary for
Lion's Den (2008) More at IMDbPro »Leonera (original title)

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. Written by Anonymous

In Buenos Aires, the independent college student Julia Zárate awakes in her apartment with gore everywhere, her lover Nahuel stabbed, and his lover Ramiro covered with blood but still alive. Julia is pregnant and is sent to a special prison wing with mothers and pregnant prisoners to wait for trial. Julia befriends Marta, who has two children and helps her to understand motherhood and life in prison. Julia delivers Tomás and her mother tries to kidnap her grandson, causing a rebellion in Julia's wing. When Ramiro, who was also Julia's lover, accuses her of murdering Nahuel, her expectation of raising Tomás is hampered. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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