Gerónima was a real "Mapuche" Indian woman that lived in Argentinian Patagonia. She lived with her four sons in a poor little house in the dry lands her family had owned for generations. In 1976, during the military dictatorial government that disappeared 30.000 people, she and her four sons were visited by social workers. Worried about Geronima's poor conditions of existence, including health, they took the whole family to the hospital "to help them", with unexpected tragic consequences. The film that reconstruct Geronima's story is based in a interview realized by a physician while she was at the hospital. The main actress, Luisa Calcumil is also a real "Mapuche" woman, as well as Aimé Painé, the singer that interprets the authentic "Mapuche" songs the film includes.
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Luisa Calcumil
Gerónima
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Patricio Contreras
Known for
Apache: The Life of Carlos Tevez
Sex with Love
Carlos Paola
Raúl Alberto Tosso
Luis Martín Barberis
Mario Luciani
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Love Is a Fat Woman
Made in Argentina
Jorge Pellegrini
Ernesto Michel
Known for
Causality
Maria Isabel Cane
Also in
S.O.S Gulubú
Aímé Painé
Rufino Muñoz
Gloria Calcumil
Raúl Alberto Tosso Director · Carlos Paola Writer Jorge Pellegrini Story
First release November 27, 1986 · Produced in Argentina
Production
Argentina
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Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Argentina · November 27, 1986
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Portugal
September 7, 1987 · Figueira da Foz Film Festival
Uruguay
April 19, 1987 · Festival Internacional de Cine del Uruguay
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