Event

PAULINA

Dir. Santiago Mitre, 2015
Argentina/Brazil/France, 103 min.

NEW YORK THEATRICAL RELEASE

Santiago Mitres PAULINA (an update of Daniel Tinayres La Patota) tells the story of a bright lawyer (Paulina, played by Dolores Fonzi) who leaves a promising career in the shadow of her politically-powerful father to work as a schoolteacher in a marginalized village in Argentinas Northeast, on the border with Paraguay and Brazil.

After leaving Buenos Aires behind and moving to a rural area, it becomes clear to Paulina that her work is going to be challenging; she speaks no Guaraní and her teenage students artfully parry her attempts to lift them into political consciousness.

These uneasy encounters and subtly observed civics lessons echo disturbingly in the aftermath of a violent sexual assault by a group of young men. Paulinas decisions in its wake, portrayed without judgment by Fonzi, mercilessly test her relationships and core beliefs.

Special thanks to Cinema Slate.