A 15-year-old flees hell at home only to find the real monsters wear familiar faces.
Mariana, 15, escapes the violence of her home in Santa Fe. She embarks on a search for her biological father and takes refuge in an orphanage where she finds affection from a distant relative. On his journey through the interior of the province, he discovers its inner strength.
Acting
Eberhardt's silence speaks louder than dialogue ever could.
Cinematography
Santa Fe's bleak beauty becomes a character itself.
Director
Alberto Gieco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Argentina's interior during economic crisis; local non-professionals appear in background roles, grounding the fiction in documentary reality.
Director Gieco deliberately obscures timeline—flashbacks bleed into present until we realize Mariana's 'escape' may be cyclical, not linear. The title's 'hell' isn't a place she left.
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