Lion's Den

  • Argentina Leonera
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Argentina / South Korea / Brazil, 2008, 113 min

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After Julia is sent to the penitentiary for the murder of her lover, she gives birth to a son. Bringing up a child in prison is difficult. Her fellow inmate Marta becomes her ally; her mother Sofía, her opponent. One attempts to teach her how to be a mother to her child in the least appropriate place; the other wishes to take over rearing the child. The duel between Julia and her mother expresses the dilemma of what is better for the child, to be brought up next to his mother in prison, or without her, but in freedom. (official distributor synopsis)

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English I had the feeling that Lion’s Den might be a sort of Argentinian “reply" to The Unknown Woman. To my surprise, I guessed pretty right. If only the heroine weren’t such a horrendously unlikeable piece of cattle (sorry, but there’s no other way of saying it). But I’m not saying that I wouldn’t take my hat off to Martina Gusman’s performance. In fact, quite the opposite. ()

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