San Sebastian Film Festival 2013

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Workers Workers
Workers and The Golden Dream
AninA (Country: Uruguay, Colombia; Year: 2013; Director: Alfredo Soderguit; Stars: Federica Lacanio, Guillermina Pardo, Lucía Parrilla, María Mendive, César Troncoso)
After a fight in the playground, a ten year old girl receives an unusual punishment.
The Golden Dream (La Jaula De Oro) (Country: Mexico; Year: 2013; Director: Diego Quemada-Diez; Writer: Diego Quemada-Diez, Lucia Carreras, Gibrán Portela; Stars: Carlos Chajon, Rodolfo Domínguez, Brandon López, Karen Martínez)
A group of Guatemalan teenagers tries to make it to the US.
Heli (Year: 2013; Director: Amat Escalante; Writer: Amat Escalante, Gabriel Reyes)
A man's search for his missing father sees him drawn into a world of drugs and crime.
I Thought It Was A Party (Pensé que iba a haber fiesta) (Country: Argentina, Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Victoria Galardi; Writer: Victoria Galardi; Stars: Valeria Bertuccelli, Elena Anaya, Fernán Mirás, Esteban Bigliardi, Esteban Lamothe, Abigail Cohen)
The tale of Ana, a woman who has a love affair with her best friend's ex-husband. A film about the search for love, friendship, loneliness, fear, guilt, the world of women...
Root (Raíz) (Year: 2013; Director: Matías Rojas Valencia)
The tale of Amalia, 26, who sets out on a journey with nine-year-old Cristóbal through the remote landscapes of southern Chile with the intention of finding the boy´s father.
Who Is Dayani Cristal? Who Is Dayani Cristal?
Who Is Dayani Cristal? and So Much Water
So Much Water (Tanta Agua) (Country: Uruguay, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany; Year: 2012; Director: Ana Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge Romero; Stars: Malú Chouza, Néstor Guzzini, Joaquín Castiglioni)
A 14 year old girl on a family holiday is dismayed by the endless rain, but then makes new friends.
Underage (De Menor) (Country: Brazil; Year: 2013; Director: Caru Alves de Souza; Writer: Aleksei Abib, Caru Alves de Souza, Fabio Meira; Stars: Rita Batata, Giovanni Gallo, Caco Ciocler, Rui Ricardo Diaz, Gilda Nomacce, Diego Pablito, André Nascimento, Ingridi Rodrigues Penna, Mateus Raia, Maxwell Nascimento, Luci Pereira, Nanny di Lima, Paula Pretta, Marina Medeiros, Gustavo Brandão)
The story of Helena, a recently graduated attorney who works as a public defender of children and adolescents in the courts of the city of Santos, Brazil, and her brother, the teenager Caio, who will commit a serious crime.
Wakolda (The German Doctor) (Country: Argentina, France, Spain, Norway; Year: 2013; Director: Lucía Puenzo; Writer: Lucía Puenzo; Stars: Natalia Oreiro, Diego Peretti, Àlex Brendemühl, Elena Roger, Guillermo Pfening, Ana Pauls, Alan Daicz, Florencia Bado, Juani Martínez, Abril Braunstein)
The true story of an Argentinian family who lived with one of the biggest criminals in history without realising his true identity.
Who Is Dayani Cristal? (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Marc Silver; Stars: Gael Garcia Bernal)
An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama.
Wolf At The Door (O Lobo atrás da Porta) (Country: Brazil; Year: 2013; Director: Fernando Coimbra; Writer: Fernando Coimbra; Stars: Milhem Cortaz, Leandra Leal, Fabiula Nascimento)
Juan, Sara and Samuel, a group of 15 year olds, flee Guatemala in an attempt to make it to the USA. The youngsters hope to find a better world beyond the Mexican border, but they soon have to face up to a very different reality.
I Thought It Was A Party I Thought It Was A Party
I Thought It Was A Party and Heli
Workers (Country: Mexico, Germany; Year: 2013; Director: José Luis Valle; Stars: Susana Salazar, Jesús Padilla)
A loyal factory cleaner is refused a pension whilst a maid finds herself employed by the dog who inherited the house where she works.
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