Summary During a stopover in Buenos Aires on her way to Chile, 31-year-old Maria recognizes a nursery rhyme. Maria doesn't speak a work of Spanish, but without understanding what she is singing, she remembers the Spanish lyrics. Disturbed and thrown off course, she decides to interrupt her journey and wander through the unfamiliar city. On the phone to Germany, she tells her father, Anton, about her experience and the peculiar fascination the unfamiliar city has had for her. Two days later, Anton suddenly turns up at Maria's hotel with something to confess: Maria spent the first three years of her life in Buenos Aires during the military dictatorship at the end of the 1970s. The people she had always thought were her parents had adopted her and brought her to Germany. Father and daughter begin a journey in search of Maria's biological parents. Anton does everything he can not to lose his daughter. View more details
Directed : Florian Cossen
Written : Florian Cossen Elena von Saucken
Stars : Michael Gwisdek Rafael Ferro Jessica Schwarz Beatriz Spelzini
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 9, 2011
Countries of origin : Germany Argentina
Language : German Spanish
Filming locations : Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
Production companies : Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Mateína Producciones
Summary During a stopover in Buenos Aires on her way to Chile, 31-year-old Maria recognizes a nursery rhyme. Maria doesn't speak a work of Spanish, but without understanding what she is singing, she remembers the Spanish lyrics. Disturbed and thrown off course, she decides to interrupt her journey and wander through the unfamiliar city. On the phone to Germany, she tells her father, Anton, about her experience and the peculiar fascination the unfamiliar city has had for her. Two days later, Anton suddenly turns up at Maria's hotel with something to confess: Maria spent the first three years of her life in Buenos Aires during the military dictatorship at the end of the 1970s. The people she had always thought were her parents had adopted her and brought her to Germany. Father and daughter begin a journey in search of Maria's biological parents. Anton does everything he can not to lose his daughter. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 9, 2011
Countries of origin : Germany Argentina
Language : German Spanish
Filming locations : Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
Production companies : Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Mateína Producciones
