Documentary backdrop image for The Face (2013)

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201364 minPGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(3 ratings)• TMDB

Family Dynamics

The Face

201364 minPGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(3 ratings)• TMDB

A man travels by boat to an island on the Paraná River, searching for the remnants of his childhood home and confronting memories of loss.

Family Dynamics

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Gustavo Fontán

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A man travels by boat to an island on the Paraná River, searching for the remnants of his childhood home and confronting memories of loss.

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Gustavo Fontán

Gustavo Fontándirector

Gustavo Fontán

Gustavo Fontánwriter

Gustavo Hennekenscast

María Del Huerto Ghiggicast

Pedro Gabascast

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A man rows a small boat to an island on the Paraná River, searching for the remnants of his childhood home. As he nears the site of a former village, he finds only faint traces of the past. Memories surface, bringing visions of huts, tables, and canoes to life. Joined by his wife, father, friends, and children, they gather to confront their shared history and loss. The film captures their reunion against the backdrop of the river's sounds and the man's deep-seated pain.

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