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Con el alma

Con el alma

1995 · 85 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

A story with autobiographical overtones that follows Miguel, a film director obsessed with making his next film. The plot begins in his childhood and, through him, we see the political ups and downs of Argentina, the suffering of the poor working class in Tucumán, his exile, and his love affair with a rural schoolteacher.

Directed by Gerardo Vallejo

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