A pregnant woman, a desert, and the ex who won't let her go. Argentine survival at its rawest.
La Pampa, Argentina. María, a teacher in a small town who is about to become a mother, decides to leave her violent husband to raise her child in a better place. A small incident triggers the beginning of her journey through the hostile desert.
Cinematography
La Pampa becomes a suffocating character itself.
Acting
Docampo's physicality carries the entire 75 minutes.
Director
Alberto Romero
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
La Pampa is Argentina's least populated province; filmmakers used real isolation, no cell service for cast or crew.
The 75-minute runtime was deliberate—Romero wanted audiences to feel the story was 'missing' something, mirroring María's fractured escape plan.
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