Pablo Trapero : 2012
White Elephant
Julián and Nicolás are long-standing friends, both Catholic priests, working on behalf of the poor and dispossessed in Villa Virgin, one of Buenos Aires's most rundown shantytowns, an area overrun by powerful drug cartels and corrupt police. Julián uses his political connections to oversee the construction of a hospital. Nicolás 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 Nicolás's faith weakens, tension and violence between the slum drug cartels grow. And when work on the hospital is halted by ministerial decree, the fuse is lit. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard selection at Festival de Cannes 2012.
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