Masángeles

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• Genre(s): Drama
• Language(s): Español (Spanish)
• Director(s): Beatriz Flores Silva, Sergio De León, Lys Gainza
• Cast(s): Margarita Musto, Nicolás Furtado, Augusto Mazzarelli, Elisa García, Héctor Guido See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 2h 6min
• Music: Carlos Da Silveira
• Award(s): Golden Crow Pheasant 2009 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: Belén, Down the Rabbit Hole
• Story:
  Aurelio Saravia is a powerful politician who holds office in Uruguay in the mid-1960's. When Aurelio's mistress kills herself, he adopts their illegitimate daughter Masangeles despite the stern objections of his wife Aurora. Masangeles finds herself growing up in a home ruled by a corrupt and self-centered tyrant and his manic colleagues while Uruguay teeters on the brink of civil war as bands of revolutionaries battle government militias. When she turns fourteen, Masangeles discovers a secret passageway in their home that leads to sanctuary in a nearby church which also serves as a storehouse for guns and ill-gotten cash. Teenage Masangeles falls in love with Santiago, her stepbrother who has joined the rebels fighting against the state, and she persuades him to take her virginity.
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