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Our Man in Cannes: ‘Leonera’ and Martina Gusman
Argentine director Pablo Trapero planted a Latin American flag in the race for the Palme d’Or on Thursday morning with “The Lion’s Den,” or “Leonera” in Spanish.
The movie focuses on a young woman who wakes up in her apartment surrounded by the bloody bodies of two men, one of whom is still alive. As it turns out, both have been her lovers, and both men have been each other’s lover. And one has made her pregnant.
The woman takes the fall and ends up in prison, where she delivers her baby, only to face the prospect of having the child removed from her care.
Martina Gusman has the starring role, and she’s phenomenal. The movie has a bright future on the American arthouse circuit and is just the latest in a string of groundbreaking Latin American works.
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