PAULINA
synopsis
Paulina, 28, gives up a brilliant lawyer’s carrier, in order to dedicate herself to teaching in a depressed region in Argentina. In a rough environment, she sticks to her teaching mission and to her political engagement, accepting to sacrifice her boyfriend and the trust of her father, a powerful local judge. Upon her arrival, she is violently aggressed by a gang of young people, some of them being her own students. Despite the trauma and the inability to understand, Paulina will strive to stand for her convictions.
international title: | Paulina |
original title: | La Patota |
country: | Argentina, Brazil, France |
sales agent: | Versatile |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Santiago Mitre |
film run: | 103' |
release date: | ES 27/11/2015, FR 13/04/2016, SE 4/11/2016, IT 22/11/2018 |
screenplay: | Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinás |
cast: | Dolores Fonzi, Oscar Martínez, Esteban Lamothe, Cristian Salguero |
cinematography by: | Gustavo Biazzi |
film editing: | Delfina Castagnino, Leandro Aste, Joana Collier |
art director: | Micaela Saiegh |
music: | Nicolás Varchausky |
producer: | Agustina Llambi Campbell, Fernando Brom, Santiago Mitre |
production: | Full House, Maneki Films, La Union de los Rios |
distributor: | Ad Vitam, Golem Distribución, Folkets Bio, Ahora! Film |