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PARAGUAY - Candida
Candida

After country-girl-turned-city-maid Tamara Dyundi gets sprung from jail by a sympathetic female lawyer who discounts the pilfering-from-madame rap, things go from bad to worse. Boyfriend Nelson Viveros isn't much help, and her only job offer comes from a brothel. Is it time to go home? But there's a too-late repentance in store.

Acusada de haber robado de su empleadora, la criada Tamara Dyundi recibe ayuda de una abogada comprensiva que descarta las acusaciones en su contra. Pero después las cosas van de mal en peor. El novio Nelson Viveros no es gran ayuda y cuando ella sale de la cárcel, su única oferta de trabajo viene de un burdel. ¿Ya es tiempo para regresar al campo? Pero le espera un arrepentimiento, demasiado tarde para considerar.

DIRECTOR Tana Schémbori and Juan Carlos Maneglia PRODUCTION CO Promesa PSI, PRODUCER Sonia Marchewska SCREENPLAY Tito Chamorro CINEMATOGRAPHY Juan Carlos Maneglia EDITOR Tana Schémbori and Juan Carlos Maneglia ART DIRECTION Sergio Giménez SOUND Ignacio Riveros CAST Tamara Dyundi, Nelson Viveros, Alicia Guerra, Ana Rosa Guggiari, Leticia Medina, and Ever Enciso. 2003, Color, 55 min, Spanish with English Subtitles.

 

 

 


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