Summaries

A desperate love story between two young girls of extremely different social backgrounds who, unable to find a place for their love in the world they live in, are pushed to commit a crime.

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.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • violence
  • title same as book
  • lesbian romance
  • adaptation directed by original author
  • two women in bath tub
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Apr 8, 2009
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin France Argentina Spain
Language Spanish Guarani
Filming locations Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
Production companies Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) Historias Cinematograficas

Box office

Gross worldwide $233461

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 36m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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