In 1847 Buenos Aires, a young noblewoman and a young Jesuit fall in love, much to the disapproval of her family and the Church.
Acting
Pecoraro's eyes do what dialogue cannot in repressive Argentina.
Direction
Bemberg weaponizes the female gaze against 19th-century machismo.
Director
María Luisa Bemberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bemberg made this during Argentina's last dictatorship, smuggling feminist critique past censors who missed the subtext. The real Camila's execution in 1848 was ordered by the same Juan Manuel de Rosas whose regime haunts Argentine political memory.
The film was Argentina's first Oscar-nominated entry, and Bemberg — then 58 — became the first Argentine woman to direct a feature in decades. She'd spent 30 years as a frustrated screenwriter before this.
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