Lion's Den

Name: Lion's Den
Genre: Drama
Released: May 15, 2008
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Elli Medeiros, Federico Esquerro, Francisco Marquez, Laura García, Leonardo Sauma

2008

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A-Film Distribution | Release Date: May 15, 2008 | Not Rated

Starring: Elli Medeiros, Federico Esquerro, Francisco Marquez, Laura García, Leonardo Sauma, Martina Gusman, Roberto Maciel, Rodrigo Santoro, Tomás Plotinsky, Walter Cignoli

Summary: An incarcerated woman struggles to raise her son from prison.

Director: Pablo Trapero

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 113 min

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David Jenkins

Part meticulous character study, part hyperrealist drama, Trapero’s film is as interested in documenting how such an institution functions on a day-to-day basis as he is in presenting the joys and pains of female cohabitation in such a confined space. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

It has the desperate vitality of something barely made-up. Read full review

Deborah Young

Guillermo Nieto's hand-held camerawork mimics Julia's nervous energy and keeps the audience locked up along with her, working in symbiosis with Federico Esquerro's forcefully realistic sound design. Read full review

Liam Lacey

At its most interesting when it shows the lives of women and children prisoners, the film has the feel of a movie-of-the-week cliché when it returns to Julia's improbable crime. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Frustratingly, the film tells us little about the crime itself and the denouement is a little unconvincing. The taste of sweat and fear is, however, real enough. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

Too many generic tropes for this downbeat, detached melodrama to convince as a work of social realism but a strong central performance and convincing depiction of the compartmentalisation of Argentina's women. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Although the film is essentially contemplative, there’s little here worth contemplating. Read full review

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