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12/04/2001 Drama 1h 41m
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Overview

Amid the sweltering summer heat in northern Argentina, two middle-class families retreat to a crumbling country estate and a modest townhouse, where strained relationships, simmering tensions, and the presence of children and servants quietly expose the fractures of family life. Between idle days, gossip, and unspoken desires, the boundaries of class, tradition, and faith are reflected in their everyday interactions.

  1. Lucrecia Martel

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mercedes Morán

    Tali

  2. Graciela Borges

    Mecha

  3. Martín Adjemián

    Gregorio

  4. Leonora Balcarce

    Verónica

  5. Silvia Baylé

    Mercedes

  6. Sofia Bertolotto

    Momi

  7. Juan Cruz Bordeu

    José

  8. Noelia Bravo Herrera

    Agustina

  9. Maria Micol Ellero

    Mariana

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-04-03
You know that expression about incest being a game for all the family? Well they don’t quite get to that stage here, but they do come pretty close! “Gregorio” (Martín Adjelmián) and wife “Mecha” (Graciela Borges) are hosting their and their friend's eclectic family at their ramshackle Argentinian country house. With a storm brewing in the near-by highlands, they sit by a pool that could easily be the home of scores of piranha fish, sipping red wine whilst their young son and and his pals play in the woods with a real shotgun and it’s very own ciénaga (swamp). It is hard to tell ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Spanish

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$103,215.00

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