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The Fish Child

Lala, a teenager from the most exclusive suburban neighborhood in Argentina is in love with the Guayi, the 20-year-old Payaguayan maid working at her place. They dream of living together in Paraguay, at the shores of lake Ypoá. Robbing every purse and wallet in the house to fulfill their dream, hiding the money in a shoe box. But when the box is full, it bursts, fueled by desire, jealousy and rage. This is the starting point that spurs the escape through the highway that connects the North of Buenos Aires with Paraguay. While Lala waits to be reunited with her lover in Ypoá by reconstructing her past (the mystery surrounding her pregnancy and the legend of a fish child who guides the drowned to the bottom of the lake), the Guayi is detained in a minors institute in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. She turns out to be hiding a crime from long ago.

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Cast & Crew See All

Inés Efron
Lala
Mariela Vitale
La Guayi
Pep Munné
El juez Bronté

Awards

  • 2009 - Silver Biznaga - Best Cinematography (Mejor Fotografía) - winner
  • 2009 - Silver Biznaga - Special Jury Award (Premio Especial del Jurado) - winner
  • 2009 - Clarin Award - Best New Actress - Film (Cine: Mejor Revelación Femenina) - winner
  • 2009 - Award of the Argentinean Academy - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz Protagónica) - nominated

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