Movie
Lion's Den
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-05-29
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Patagonik, Matanza Cine, Cineclick Asia
- Country
- Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, Spain
- Original language
- ES
Cast
- Martina Gusmán as Julia
- Elli Medeiros as Sofia
- Rodrigo Santoro as Ramiro
- Laura García as Marta
- Tomás Plotinsky as Tomás VI
- Leonardo Sauma as Ugo Casman
- Walter Cignoli as Perito Psicólogo
- Roberto Maciel as Abogado de Oficio
- Clara Sajnovetzky as Elsa
Crew
- Pablo Trapero - Director
- Pablo Trapero - Writer
- Alejandro Fadel - Writer
- Martín Mauregui - Writer
- Santiago Mitre - Writer
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