The Lips

The Lips (Spanish: Los labios) is a 2010 Argentine drama film directed by Iván Fund and Santiago Loza. It was entered into the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

The Lips
Directed byIván Fund
Santiago Loza
Produced byIván Fund
Santiago Loza
Iván Eibuszyc
Written byIván Fund
Santiago Loza
StarringEva Bianco
CinematographyMaría Laura Collasso
Edited byLorena Moriconi
Distributed byMagic Lantern Films
Release date
  • May 18, 2010 (2010-05-18)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

The film opened theatrically in the United States at Maysles Cinema in June, 2011 as part of the Documentary in Bloom series.[2]

Cast

  • Eva Bianco
  • Raul Lagge
  • Victoria Raposo
  • Adela Sanchez

Plot

The film follows a three women who deeply inhabit their cinematic roles as social workers interacting with members of an impoverished rural Argentine neighborhood. Facing poverty, the three move into makeshift living quarters in a run down hospital. They then begin the work of recording data on the needs of the community and getting to know each other, while trying to make their living quarters habitable, and still find time for an occasional night out.

Awards

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: The Lips". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. Maysles Cinema. "Documentary in Bloom".
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