Cautiva

15 year-old Cristina lives in Buenos Aires with her parents, Pablo and Adela Quadri. One morning, she is abruptly removed from her classroom at stric Catholic school taken before a judge, who claims to have proof that she is in fact Sofia Lombardi, the daughter of a young activist couple, architects, who disappeared during the country’s so-called “dirty war” in the seventies, when thousands were kidnapped by the army, never to be seen again. The judge files away the document of Cristina’s false identity and introduces her to her biological grandmother, Elisa Dominich. Shocked, stunned and rejecting this stranger, Cristina flees from the Judge’s office. But a series of secret meetings and nightmare experiences finally lead the girl to discover fer true origin and accept her real identity, assuming a new life as Sofia Lombardi. 

Gastón Luis Biraben

Il a commencé à filmé avec une petite caméra à 10 ans. A Buenos Aires, il a fait des études à l’Escuela de Arte Cinematográfico (EDAC). Il a réalisé plusieurs courts métrages dont certains ont reçu des prix dans des concours nationaux et internationaux. Il a écrit, dirigé et produit le moyen métrage Retratos de la memoria (1985). Il a intégré Hollywood comme monteur de bande son. Il y a continué ses études de cinéma et un Master en Fine Arts à l’American Film Institute. Cautiva est son premier long métrage.

Original title
Cautiva
Direction
Gastón Luis Biraben (Premier film)
Country
Argentine
Année
2003
Scenario
Gastón Luis Biraben
Picture
Claudio Sordini
Music
Analía Lenchantin
Actors
Barbara Lombardo, Silvia Bayle, Osvaldo Santoro, Mercedes Funes, Hugo Arana, Susana Campos, Julieta Díaz, Antonio Hugo, Margara Alonso, Noemí Frenkel, Roxana Berco, Lidia Catalano, Giselle Benoldi, Sol Bordigoni
Spoken language
Array
Trailer
Voir la bande-annonce
Production
Amanecer Producciones