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ELEFANTE BLANCO (WHITE ELEPHANT)

Un Certain Regard

Directed by :: Pablo TRAPERO

Country:: ARGENTINA, SPAIN, FRANCE

Year:: 2012

Duration:: 110.00 minutes

Synopsis

The "Villa Virgin", a shantytown in the slums of Buenos Aires. Julian and Nicolas, two priests and long-standing friends, work tirelessly to help the local people.

Julian uses his political connections to oversee the construction of a hospital. Nicolas joins him following the failure of a project he was leading in the jungle, after paramilitary forces assassinated members of the community. Deeply troubled, he finds a little comfort in Luciana, a young, attractive, atheist social worker. As Nicolas' faith weakens, tension and violence between the slum drug dealing cartels grow. And when work on the hospital is halted by ministerial decree, the fuse is lit...

Press kit download (PDF)

Pablo TRAPERO

Credits

Pablo TRAPERO - Director
Pablo TRAPERO - Screenplay
Alejandro FADEL - Screenplay
Martín MAUREGUI - Screenplay
Santiago MITRE - Screenplay
Guillermo NIETO - Cinematography
Juan Pedro DE GASPAR - Set Designer
Fernando BRUN - Set Designer
Michael NYMAN - Music
Nacho RUIZ CAPILLAS - Film Editor
Pablo TRAPERO - Film Editor
Santiago ESTEVES - Film Editor
Carlos LIDON - Sound

Actors

Ricardo DARIN - JULIAN
Jeremie RENIER - NICOLAS
Martina GUSMAN - LUCIANA

Contacts and useful links

Production

MORENA FILMS - Juan Pablo Galli, Juan Vera... JUAN GORD - C FERNANDO VI 17 2ºD 28004 MADRID SPAIN Matanza Cine (Argentina) Medrano 1314 (C1179AAZ) Buenos Aires Argentina Patagonik (Argentina) Av. Scalabrini Ortiz 764 (C1414DNU) Buenos Aires Argentina - T : 00 34 91 700 27 80 - mgcobo@morenafilms.com - www.morenafilms.com MATANZA CINE (ARGENTINE) PATAGONIK (ARGENTINE) FULL HOUSE (FRANCE)

Distribution

ADVITAM - Arthur Hallereau - rue de la Fontaine au Roi - T : +33 (0)1 46 34 75 74 - arthur@advitamdistribution.com - www.advitamdistribution.com

French press

MARIE QUEYSANNE - 113 rue Vieille du Temple 75003 Paris - T : +33 (0)1 42 77 03 63 - marie.q@wanadoo.fr

International press

PR CONTACT / PHIL SYMES AND RONALDO MOURAO - Phil Symes and Ronaldo Mourao - 12 rue Latour Maubourg 06400 Cannes - T : +33 (0)6 29 87 62 96 - festival@theprcontact.com

Foreign sales

WILD BUNCH - 99 rue de la Verrerie - T : +33 (0)1 53 01 50 32 - gfarkas@wildbunch.eu - www.wildbunch.biz