White Coffin (2016)

Virginia will do the impossible in order to rescue her little daughter who has been abducted. After an accident, she has the chance to live one day more to save her. On her path, she will find out that there are worst things than death.

Director:

Daniel de la Vega

Writers:

Adrián García Bogliano, Adrián García Bogliano

Stars:

Rafael Ferro, Ivan Baumgart, Alma Benitez

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Rafael Ferro	...	Mason
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ivan Baumgart	...	Damian
Alma Benitez	...	Natalia Merchante
Julieta Cardinali	...	Virginia
Marina Cohen	...	Mujer tatuada
Lucio Darío Da Silva	...	Tatuador
Damián Dreizik	...	Sacerdote Gaspar
Fiorela Duranda	...	Rebeca
Rafael Ferro	...	Mason
María Alejandra Figueroa	...	Recepcionista comisaría
Ana Maria Haramboure	...	Mujer de enterrador
Verónica Intile	...	Patricia
Carlos Rogelio Mazzocchi	...	Enterrador
Pablo Pinto	...	Carpintero
Maria Lucrecia Rodriguez	...	Encargada estación

Storyline

Virginia will do the impossible in order to rescue her little daughter who has been abducted. After a terrible accident, she has the chance to live one day more to save her. On her path, she will find out that there are worst thing than death. She is a desperate mother who tries to rescue her daughter, while fighting against supernatural forces. The little Rebeca is in hands of an obscure sect in a lonely village, which seems to be in the middle of nowhere. On her way, she will meet Angela and Patricia, who are in the same quest, and everything becomes insane on a chase to rescue their children. What should she do in her pursuit? That is something beyond words. Under extreme situations she must take decisions which will show how strong her soul is, but... she will find out, in the hardest way, that there are worst things than death.

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Plot Keywords:

latin american horror | child abduction | mother daughter relationship | color in title | bloody violence | 

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Taglines:

Hay juegos que es mejor no jugar. [There are games that are better not to play.]

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Facebook - Fan site Official site

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

1 December 2016 (Argentina)

Also Known As:

La bara bianca

Company Credits

Production Co:

Del Toro Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the opening scene the car is first driving on the left side of the road and then in the next scene the right.

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Goofs

After the church scene in which Virginia cuts the priest's head off, her wool knitted jacket keeps appearing/disappearing in the subsequent car shots.

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Crazy Credits

There is a final scene after the credits.

User Reviews

Good ideas, but weak execution

A woman with her young daughter is driving somewhere on a desolate road when they get a flat. A stranger shows up to help her replace the flat. He warns her to leave, that it's not a good place to be. A sinister tow-truck is also driving around. They arrive at a gas station where the girl gets something to eat. The mom leaves her alone for a bit and when she returns, her daughter is gone. There's also some sports team made up of young kids. And one of those kids also goes missing. So now the woman named Virginia and the sports coach start looking for their respective kids.

When Virginia sees the tow truck drive by she goes chasing after it. And indeed her daughter is in there. Then an ambulance appears and starts crashing into her, eventually driving her off the road, where she crashes into a tree and dies.

The body is quickly dragged into a morgue, washed, and buried. Not long after, Virgina wakes up and is helped out by the stranger from earlier. He tells her that she's dead and that her daughter will die unless she finds a white coffin, and that she has 24 hours. So off she goes to find a while coffin. She has run-ins with some creepy locals, and the coach, and another crazy woman. All three are looking for the white coffin to save their kids. Things get eventually deadly and a bit gory as it turns into a competition because there is only one white coffin and three kids to save. And there's a twist that involves the motivation behind all these strange events and then at the end there's also a scene that expands things a bit more.

White Coffin is an interesting movie that does offers something different. It relies a bit too much on confusion, because for most of the movie, even the past the end, the audience will be puzzled. Technically, the movie is very good. There are some poor choices all around though, as with the casting of Virginia, and the long intro credit scene with some ridiculous out-of-place music. Virginia should have been made to be much more sympathetic at first, but for some reason they didn't really try. This movie is rather short and this is one rare case where a couple minutes more would have helped. The concept is pretty good, but unfortunately they chose to turn it into some horror drama, when it could have easily been horror action or a horror thriller. Given what goes on, things are too low-key. White Coffin is worth a look but also worth a remake, something along the lines of an extreme French horror movie.