Laura Garland lost her husband on the war while she’s pregnant. She lives in a big house which is divided in two. Government pursuits her claiming she must occupy the whole house, if she doesn’t, they will take it from her. Laura leases the house to Ricky, an outlaw that will bring new trouble in her life. At least she has another plan.
Acting
Araceli González carries every scene with exhausted, brittle determination.
Production
The bifurcated house becomes a character — claustrophobic yet hollow.
Director
José María Cicala
Araceli González
Laura Garland
Miguel Ángel Solá
Víctor
Mariano Martínez
Feliciano
Luis Machín
Sommer
Mónica Antonópulos
Betty
Griselda Sánchez
Suplicio
Mica Suárez
Nadia
Guillermo Zapata
Doctor
Clara Kovacic
María
Florencia Torrente
Enfermera
Roberto Peloni
Lou
Rodrigo Noya
Benito
Alfredo Casero
Boticario
Tomás Kirzner
Soldado
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film critiques Argentina's Ley de Alquileres and state surveillance of single mothers — barely disguised social horror.
Director Cicala originally wanted to shoot in actual split houses from the 1940s Perón era but settled for meticulous reconstructions.
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