Synopsis
7 year old Matías returns home from a friend’s birthday party to find his mother, Laura, unconscious on the floor. When she recovers her senses they decide to leave home and rush to a shelter for abused women where they spend 48 hours before Laura decides to rebuild her life somewhere else. Through the eyes of Matías we will discover their escape in a city where everything Matías once knew feels dangerous and foreign until Laura finds a secure place to raise her son.
Refugiado (2014) is a 1h 35min drama feature film by Diego Lerman. 7 year old Matías returns home from a friend’s birthday party to find his mother, Laura, unconscious on the floor. Selected for Raindance Film Festival (2014).
Facts
Original language
Spanish
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Festival History
- Argentine Film Critics Association Awards 2015 generic
- Cannes Film Festival 2014 generic
- Chicago International Film Festival 2014 generic
- Havana Film Festival 2014 generic
- Raindance Film Festival 2014
