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.
Direction
Flores Silva builds dread through domestic spaces.
Production
The secret tunnel as literal and metaphorical escape.
Acting
García's controlled ferocity as teenage Masangeles.
Director
Beatriz Flores Silva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title parodies the Lord's Prayer, framing political corruption as Uruguay's national religion. The film captures the real Tupamaro guerrilla movement that destabilized Uruguay before the 1973 military coup.
Masangeles' name itself is revolutionary architecture: 'Mas' (more) + 'angeles' (angels), suggesting she's the surplus child of a man who already has everything, including a heaven he doesn't deserve.
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