Directed by:
Diego LermanCinematography:
Álvaro GutiérrezComposer:
José VillalobosCast:
Julieta Zylberberg, Osmar Núñez, Marta Lubos, Ailín Salas, Diego Vegezzi, Magdalena Capobianco, Jorge García Marino, Martín Kohan, Tomás Pernich (more)Plots(1)
Set against the backdrop of Argentina’s military regime of the 1980s, Diego Lerman’s engrossing and beautifully acted exploration of the totalitarian urge opens with a portrait of María Teresa, a lonely and deeply repressed assistant teacher at an elite Buenos Aires private school. Obedient and willing, she accepts unquestioningly the school’s rigid code of conduct and proud identification with the nation state. But her head professor’s words about the “cancer of subversion” and need for total surveillance soon feed an unhealthy obsession with one of her students, leading to an ensuing spiral of degradation and breakdown in discipline that parallels a popular rebellion beyond the school’s ivy-covered walls. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Julieta Zylberberg
Argentina
Best movies:
Wild Tales (2014)
The Holy Girl (2004)
Geminis (2005)
Osmar Núñez
Argentina
Best movies:
Wild Tales (2014)
Las vidas posibles (2006)
A Year Without Love (2005)
Marta Lubos
Best movies:
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
The Holy Girl (2004)
The Past (2007)
Ailín Salas
Best movies:
Blood Appears (2008)
The Blonde One (2019)
XXY (2007)
Diego Vegezzi
Best movies:
Society of the Snow (2023)
Lions (2012)
Martín Kohan
Argentina
Best movies:
Lucky Luke (2009)
Tomás Pernich
Argentina
Gaby Ferrero
Best movies:
The 7th Floor (2013)
Pablo Sigal
Best movies:
Lions (2012)
Rock, Paper and Scissors (2019)