Lion's Den

(2008)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 70 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2008

Runtime: 113 мин

Country: Argentina, Brazil

Director: Pablo Trapero

Cast: Martina Gusmán, Elli Medeiros, Родриго Санторо, Laura García, Tomás Plotinsky, Leonardo Sauma, Walter Cignoli, Roberto Maciel, Clara Sajnovetzky

Plot

Julia, a 25 year-old university student, two weeks pregnant, with no criminal record, is sent to prison. Julia murdered the father of her child. This story addresses maternity, jail and Justice; confinement, guilt and solitude; but above all it deals with Julia and her son, Tomas, born inside an Argentinean prison.