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Aurelio Saravia is a powerful politician who holds office in Uruguay in the mid-1960's. When Aurelio's mistress kills herself, he adopts their illegitimate daughter Masangeles despite the stern objections of his wife Aurora. Masangeles finds herself growing up in a home ruled by a corrupt and self-centered tyrant and his manic colleagues while Uruguay teeters on the brink of civil war as bands of revolutionaries battle government militias. When she turns fourteen, Masangeles discovers a secret passageway in their home that leads to sanctuary in a nearby church which also serves as a storehouse for guns and ill-gotten cash. Teenage Masangeles falls in love with Santiago, her stepbrother who has joined the rebels fighting against the state, and she persuades him to take her virginity.Read moreLess
Aurelio Saravia is a powerful politician who holds office in Uruguay in the mid-1960's. When Aurelio's mistress kills herself, he adopts their illegitimate daughter Masangeles despite the stern objections of his wife Aurora. Masangeles finds herself growing up in a home ruled by a corrupt and self-centered tyrant and his manic colleagues while Uruguay teeters on the brink of civil war as bands of revolutionaries battle government militias. When she turns fourteen, Masangeles discovers a secret passageway in their home that leads to sanctuary in a nearby church which also serves as a storehouse for guns and ill-gotten cash. Teenage Masangeles falls in love with Santiago, her stepbrother who has joined the rebels fighting against the state, and she persuades him to take her virginity.
The story
Aurelio Saravia is a powerful politician who holds office in Uruguay in the mid-1960's. When Aurelio's mistress kills herself, he adopts their illegitimate daughter Masangeles despite the stern objections of his wife Aurora. Masangeles finds herself growing up in a home ruled by a corrupt and self-centered tyrant and his manic colleagues while Uruguay teeters on the brink of civil war as bands of revolutionaries battle government militias. When she turns fourteen, Masangeles discovers a secret passageway in their home that leads to sanctuary in a nearby church which also serves as a storehouse for guns and ill-gotten cash. Teenage Masangeles falls in love with Santiago, her stepbrother who has joined the rebels fighting against the state, and she persuades him to take her virginity.
Cast & crew
Margarita MustoAurora
Ignacio CawenFrucruoso - 18 years old
Nicolás FurtadoSantiago Saravia - 20 years old
Augusto MazzarelliBenito
Mateo ChiarinoCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Beatriz Flores Silva
- Screenplay
- Beatriz Flores Silva
- Screenplay
- János Kovácsi
- Director of Photography
- Francisco Gózon
- Editor
- Marie-Hélène Dozo
- Producer
- Hubert Toint
- Producer
- Carolina de La Vega
- Producer
- Federico Deville
- Producer
- Juan Martín Urraburu
- Producer
- Joaquín Carvalho
- Producer
- Mirtha Molina
- Producer
- Natalie Perciante
- Producer
- María Zanocchi
- Producer
- Jacqueline Louis
- Producer
- Benjamin Stiénon
- Producer
- Antonio Lopez
- Producer
- Anna Jancsó