POISON DEW

EL ROCÍO

By Emiliano GRIECO

FILMSTOFESTIVALS - as SALES / DISTR ARGENTINA

Environmental - Completed 2018

Sara discovers that agrochemicals sprayed by her neighbor for soy cultivation poisoned her daughter. The treatment compels them to travel to Buenos Aires. To get money for it, Sara devotes herself to drug trafficking. This becomes a threat to her freedom and the safety of her children.

Festivals
& Awards

Mar Del Plata FF 2018
Ventana Sur 2019
FICMeC, Festival Internacional de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias 2019
Mic Género, International Film Festival with Gender Perspective 2019
Festival Internacional de Cine de Guayaquil 2019
Cine a la Vista! Internacional Youth Film Festival 2019
FAM, Florianópolis Audiovisual Mercosur 2019
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Environmental, Drama, Social issues
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH-ARGENTINE
    • Duration
    • 79 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Emiliano GRIECO
    • Writer(s)
    • Bárbara SARASOLA DAY
    • Producer(s)
    • Daniel WERNER (WERNER CINE)
    • Synopsis
    • Sara lives with her daughter Ailén in a humble neighborhood of Entre Ríos. The child starts to get sick, she cannot breathe. A doctor tells her that these attacks are caused by fumigations in the fields near her home. She fights to stop them, but it's useless. The health of her daughter is aggravated, and she has to travel urgently to Buenos Aires. Without resources to make the trip, she resorts to old contacts and starts to traffic cocaine from the countryside to the city. Sara begins to receive threats. She has to risk everything if she wants to save her daughter.