White Elephant

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-05-17

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Argentina, Spain, France

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (2913 Reviews)

Director:

Pablo Trapero

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Ricardo Darèn Jèrèmie Renier Martina Gusman Miguel Arancibia

Writer:

Alejandro Fadel

Martèn Mauregui

Santiago Mitre

Pablo Trapero

Fullplot:

The "Villa Virgin", a shantytown in the slums of Buenos Aires. Julian and Nicolas, two priests and long-standing friends, work tirelessly to help the local people. Julian uses his political connections to oversee the construction of a hospital. Nicolas joins him following the failure of a project he was leading in the jungle, after paramilitary forces assassinated members of the community. Deeply troubled, he finds a little comfort in Luciana, a young, attractive, atheist social worker. As Nicolas' faith weakens, tension and violence between the slum drug dealing cartels grow. And when work on the hospital is halted by ministerial decree, the fuse is lit...

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