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2020-01-31 · 119 min · ★ 6.9
In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far away, an environmental activist contemplates the terrible image of an elephant, dead and fangless. Not only do you have to fight against poaching, but you will also have to meet the problems of your newly arrived daughter from Spain. Thousands of kilometers to the north, in Melilla, a group of civil guards prepare to face the furious crowd of sub-Saharan people who have begun the assault on the fence. Three stories linked by a central theme, in which none of its protagonists know that their destinies are doomed to cross and that their lives will no longer be the same.
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- Directors
- Salvador Calvo
- Production companies
- Ikiru Films, La Terraza Films, Mediaset España, Filmax, Paramount Pictures Spain, Telecinco Cinema
- Countries
- Spain
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Luis TosarGonzalo
Álvaro CervantesMateo
Anna CastilloSandra
Miquel FernándezMiguel
Jesús CarrozaJavi
Adam NourouMassar
Ana WagenerPaloma
Nora NavasCarmen
Issaka SawadogoKabila
Bella AgossouSafí
Josean BengoetxeaComandante
Belén LópezFuncionaria ONU
Emilio BualeTatu
Hamid KrimTaxista Nuakchot
Marta CalvóAbogada Mateo
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