Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 82 minutes
A young mother from Buenos Aires finds employment as a sex worker and struggles to live under the same laws that are supposed to protect her.
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Anahi BERNERI Writer(s) : Anahí BERNERI, Javier VAN DE COUTER Cast : Sofia GALA, Dante DELLA PAOLERA Producer(s) : Diego DUBCOVSKY (Varsovia), Laura HUBERMAN (Laura), Anahi BERNERI (Rosaura)
Alanis is a sex worker. together with her one-year-old son, she shares with Gisela, an older woman, a so-called "private apartment" in downtown Buenos aires, where she lives and works. two municipal inspectors, posing as clients, enter the apartment, and as a condition to avoid closing down the place, they ask for a permit to function as a "massage parlor", but they don't have one. Alanis seeks accommodation at her aunt's place. she shows up dressed in her work clothes and tells all sorts of lies in order to hide the shameful truth from her family. From there, Alanis will try to recover her dignity, her belongings and her friend. she will take care of her son and try to sell what she knows how to do on the streets. But the streets have their own rules, and Alanis will have to fight to make room for herself. constantly moving, Alanis can't stop to think: Where will i live with my baby? Where will i work? do i have the freedom to make my own choices?
Country(ies) : ARGENTINA
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Toronto - TIFF 2017 Contemporary World CinemaSan Sebastian FF 2017 - Official selection (Silver Shell for Best Director & Best Actress)Guadalajara FICG 2017 ('Best director' and 'Best actress' Award)Festival de Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana 2017 (Grand Coral - First Prize Award for Best film)Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2018 (Glocal Images)