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The Woman in the Line

2025 · 105 min

A quiet, emotionally heavy drama about a mother navigating bureaucracy and prejudice, slowly finding solidarity among strangers.

Tagline
A mother's love knows no bounds.
Overview
Andrea visits her incarcerated son for the first time. Initially eyed with suspicion by other women in line, she gradually gains their trust — and emerges as a powerful advocate for justice reform.
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • parenthood
    • justice
    • class
    • isolation
    Places
    • big city
    • prison
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Benjamín Ávila
    Written by
    Benjamín Ávila, Marcelo Müller
    Starring
    Natalia Oreiro, Amparo Noguera, Alberto Ammann, Federico Heinrich, Marcela Acuña, Juan Pedro Rodríguez Isturiz, Julieta Rodríguez Isturiz, Lide Uranga
    Music
    Sebastián Espósito, Daniel Godfrid
    Cinematography
    Sergio Armstrong
    Runtime
    105 min
    Country
    Argentina, Spain
    Languages
    Spanish

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