Uruguay 1966. Aurelio Saavedra, an influential politician, brings home Masángeles, his illegitimate daughter, after her mother commits suicide. Aurora, his wife, will never recover. Masángeles realizes that in this house of selfish madmen, she must adapt to survive, while outside, the country suffers a civil war between amateur guerrillas and the cruel military.
Produced by Saga Film (Belgium), BFS Productions (Uruguay), Peacock Film (Switzerland), Lado Izquierdo, ICAIC (Cuba). In association with Télévision Suisse Italienne (RTSI), Motion Investment Group (Belgium) and Marmont Film Production (Belgium), with the support of the Ministère de la Communauté Française de Belgique and Walloon cable operators, Loterie Nationale (Belgium), Swiss Federal Office of Culture (DFI), Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (Uruguay), Montevideo Socio Audiovisual, La Tele (Uruguay) and Ibermedia, developed with the support of the MEDIA Program of the European Union, Binger Filmlab, Foro de Coproducciones de Huelva, Marché de Projets de Manheim, Screenplay Market Cannes, Atelier Grand Nord.
Directed by Beatriz Flores Silva
Cast: Antonella Aquistapache, Elisa Garcia Lester, Hector Guido, Margarita Musto, Augusto Mazzarelli, Myriam Gleijer, Nicolás Furtado, Martín Flores
Screenplay: Beatriz Flores Silva, Janos Kovacsi
Music: Carlos da Silveira
Producer(s): Hubert Toint, Beatriz Flores Silva
Co-producer(s): Elena Pedrazzoli
Production manager(s) : Joaquim Carvalho, Jacqueline Louis (Belgium)
Director of photography: Francisco Gо́zon
1 AD: Sergio de Leо́n
Casting: Bruno Aldecosea
Artistic direction: Mariana Pereira, Flavia Buceta
Costumes: Ana Dominguez
Make-up: Ronald Fahim
Hairstyling: Marcelo Garcia
Live sound: Dirk Bombey
VFX: Melies (Patrick d'Artois), Marie-Pierre Franckx
Image editing: Marie-Hélene Dozo
Sound mixing: Mauricio Molina
Calibration: Paul Englebert
Distribution: Imagine Film Distribution, Frenetic Films
Avanca award, 2009, Portugal : Best actor and Special mention of the jury
Festival Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina: Best film and best original screenplay
Critics association, 2009, Uruguay: Best artistic direction and best actor
Festival Iberoamericano, 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Best Film, Best Production, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Art Design, Best Supporting actor
Festival de Cine de Santa Cruz, Bolivia: Special mention to the Director
Festival internacional de Cine de Ourense, Spain: Special mention
17th Biarritz Festival, France: Cinemas and Cultures of Latin America
23rd Festival del cinema latino americano Trieste, Italy
34th edition of the Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva, Spain
3rd edition of the Semana Internacional de Cine Ciudad de Cuenca "Mujeres en Dirección", Spain
International Women Make Movies Festival Zaragoza, Spain
Montreal World Film Festival, Canada
32nd Mostra Internacional de Cinema em Sao Paulo, Brazil
6th edition of the Festival de Cine de Quito Cero Latitud, Ecuador
Chicago Latino Film Festival, USA
Incontri Cinematografici Stresa 25° Festroia, Portugal
Festival Internacional de cinema El Ojo Cojo, 2009, Madrid
14th Festival de cine internacional de Ourense, Spain
10th UCI Latin American Film Festival, Irvine, USA
13th Florianopolis Audiovisual Mercosul, Brazil
Skip City International D-Cinema Festival, Japan
Filmoteca, Melbourne, 2010 Australia
Innsbruck International Film Festival, 2010, Austria
Solothurn Film Festival, 2010, Switzerland
14th International Kerala Festival, 2009, India
Incontri Cinematografici Stresa, 2009, Italy
