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Paulina (2015)

Paulina poster
Original title
La patota
Directed by
Santiago Mitre
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Argentina
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
+16
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 58 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young lawyer returns to her hometown to teach at a local school. After she is assaulted, she struggles to find justice in a community that resists her.

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What happens

Paulina (Spanish: La patota) is a 2015 thriller film directed by Santiago Mitre. It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Nespresso Grand Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize. It is inspired by the 1960 film La patota. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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