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ARIEL

By Alison MURRAY

UPSTART INK/FILM ASSOCIATES - as CONS

Drama - Post-Production 2022

A brother and sister return to the country of their birth, Argentina, for the first time in their adult lives. Against the backdrop of glamorous tango clubs of Buenos Aires, they connect with their past and uncover dark family secrets.

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Drama, Female director
- Countries
- ARGENTINA, CANADA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 96 mn
- Director(s)
- Alison MURRAY
- Writer(s)
- Alison MURRAY
- Cast
- Raphael GROSZ-HARVEY, Cristina ROSATO, Eleonora WEXLER
- Producer(s)
- Alison MURRAY (Hellbound Productions), Felicitas RAFFO (Cepa Audiovisual)
- Synopsis
- ARIEL follows troubled siblings, Davie and Diana Vega, as they return to Argentina, the country of their birth. They arrive from Canada as foreigners, tourists in a country their family left behind. Searching to connect with their cultural heritage, they learn to dance the tango. What they find in Buenos Aires tango clubs leads them to uncover dark secrets about their family history, calling into question everything they hold to be true. Exploring the value of second generation immigrants knowing the history of the places their parents left behind, ARIEL is a story of how the past holds our freedom in its embrace.