THE THIRD SIDE OF THE RIVER

LA TERCERA ORILLA

By Celina MURGA

NETHERLANDS FILM FUND / NEDERLANDS FILMFONDS - as FIN

Drama - Completed 2014

As tensions rise due to the pressures of his overbearing father, 17-year-old Nicolas is driven to extreme action to claim his own future… A tense father-son drama from the director of A WEEK ALONE (UNA SEMANA SOLOS) and ANA AND THE OTHERS (ANA Y LOS OTROS).

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2014
Competition
San Sebastian FF 2014
Horizontes Latinos
Ventana Sur 2014
Latam
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA, NETHERLANDS, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 92 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Celina MURGA
    • Writer(s)
    • Celina MURGA, Gabriel MEDINA
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/62AB-3C67-2711-28BD-05ED-F
    • Producer(s)
    • Juan VILLEGAS (Tresmilmundos Cine), Celina MURGA (Tresmilmundo Cine)
    • Synopsis
    • Seventeen-year-old Nicolas lives with his mother and younger siblings in a small provincial city.
      His estranged father, Jorge, a respected doctor, has decided that Nicolas will be his successor in both his medical practice and agricultural business. Nicolas is pressured by his father’s steps to prepare him for this responsibility, leaving no room for the teenager’s feelings. Nicolas obeys his father, but he hates him. He has seen his mother suffer because of Jorge’s double life. The first one with his official family, and the other one with Nicolas’ family, not acknowledged publicly.
      As tensions between father and son rise, Nicolas realizes that he must make a choice and take action toward his own future.