La tercera orilla (2014)
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Alian Devetac, Daniel Veronese, Gabriela Ferrero, Irina Wetzel
A 17-year-old in a small Argentine town lives under the pressure of a father determined to shape his future.
The story
Nicolás is a 17-year-old living in a small town in Entre Ríos, Argentina, in a family shaped by his influential father Jorge, a local doctor. Jorge maintains a publicly recognized family and a separate household with another woman and their three children, whom he does not acknowledge publicly. Nicolás is the eldest child in this second family. Jorge has decided that Nicolás will follow him into his businesses and profession, pressuring him day after day and leaving him little opportunity to speak. Nicolás hates his father but is also afraid of him, while watching his mother suffer in the relationship.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
It is the story of Nicolás (Alián Devetac), a 17-year-old who lives in a small town in Entre Ríos, Argentina. His family situation is very unusual. His father, Jorge (Daniel Veronese), an influential local doctor, leads two parallel lives. One is the life he shares with his officially recognized family; the other is the one he maintains with a second woman, with whom he has had three children, whom he does not publicly acknowledge. Nicolás is the eldest of them. However, Jorge has decided that Nicolás will succeed him in his businesses and profession. Day after day, he pressures him, leaving him no chance to get a word in. Nicolás hates his father, but he is also afraid of him. In addition, he has watched his mother suffer because of this man all her life.
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