Las acacias

  • December 21, 2013 / 14:00
  • December 25, 2013 / 19:00

Director: Pablo Giorgelli
Cast: Germán de Silva, Hebe Duarte, Nayra Calle Mamani
Argentina, Spain; 82’, 2011, color
Spanish with Turkish subtitles

Rubén is a lonely truck driver who has been covering for years the motorway from Asunción del Paraguay to Buenos Aires. However, today's journey will be different. In a motorway stop near Asunción, Jacinta shows up an hour later to begin a journey by track which is going to take her to Buenos Aires. Rubén finds out at that very moment that little Anahí, who's 8 months old, will travel with them. Winner of the Caméra d’Or (Golden Camera) for best debuting director at Cannes Film Festival.

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