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Title: Las Acacias (2011)
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| Germán de Silva | ... | Rubén | |
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Hebe Duarte | ... | Jacinta |
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Nayra Calle Mamani | ... | Anahí |
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Matilde Jazmín Mamani | ... | Prima Anahí (as Matilde Jazmín Quispe Mamani) |
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Mónica Sosa | ... | Empleada Almacén |
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Diego Pasqualleto | ... | Gendarme |
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Andrés Lezcano | ... | Ayudante Gemdarme |
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Mimi Leiva | ... | Hermana de Rubén |
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Odón Morán López | ... | Camionero Paraguayo (as Odón Morán Lopez) |
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Darío Luchetta | ... | Camionero en asado (as Darío Lucchetta) |
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Lili López | ... | Dueña parrilla |
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Yanina López | ... | Hija dueña parrilla (as Yanina Paz López) |
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Nelly Acosta | ... | Lila, prima Jacinta |
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Quique Acosta | ... | Marido Lila |
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Jazmín Chávez | ... | Hija Lila |
Rubén is a lonely truck driver who has been taking the motorway from Asunción, Paraguay to Buenos Aires, Argentina for years, carrying wood. However, today's journey is different because of Jacinta, who accompanies him as his passenger all the way to Buenos Aires. What's more, Rubén finds out at the very moment that her little Anahí, who's 8 months old, travels with them. As kilometres go by, the relationship between Rubén and Jacinta will grow. They will slowly sip into each other's soul. None of them talks much about their lives. None asks much either. It's a few word journey but it is not a silent one. Written by Anonymous
In Paolo Giorgelli's quiet film 'Las Acacias', not a lot happens. A truck driver with a load of wood (hence the title) gives a lift, somewhat reluctantly, to a woman with a child. They don't talk a lot, but they're both lonely; by the end of the movie, they decide they'd like to see each other again. And that's it. The film covers a journey of 800 miles through South America, but there are no stunning landscapes on view: just a lot of scenes of two people sitting quietly in a cab. And yet, almost strangely, it doesn't drag: there's a feeling of truthfulness that compensates for the absence of action. In spite of being almost unremarkable by design, it's understated quality tells in the end.