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Las Acacias is a Argentin film of genre Drama directed by Pablo Giorgelli released in USA on 7 september 2012
Las Acacias (2011)
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Add to a movie listLas Acacias is a 2011 Argentine drama film directed by Pablo Giorgelli. The film won the Caméra d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis
Rubén is a middle-aged Argentinian truck driver transporting timber between Paraguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina. One day, at a truck stop, he picks up a young Paraguayan woman, Jacinta, whom his employer had told to take to Buenos Aires. To Rubén's surprise, Jacinta brings along her five-month-old daughter, Anahí.Comments
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