The Way South

The Way South

89 mins | Drama | May 10, 1988

A thirty year old man returns from South America to his native village, in the mountains of Yugoslavia, to find his spouse and take her along. He chooses the youngest daughter of self-supporting Jewish woman. The deceit gets discovered on the way to South America. Seven poor girls, among whom is his future wife, are imprisoned in ship's deck. He took them, promising rich marriage, and his real intention is to employ them in bordello houses of Buenos Aires, where the girls, not knowing the language, would be left to his mercy.

The Way South

89 mins | Drama | May 10, 1988

The Way South
A thirty year old man returns from South America to his native village, in the mountains of Yugoslavia, to find his spouse and take her along. He chooses the youngest daughter of self-supporting Jewish woman. The deceit gets discovered on the way to South America. Seven poor girls, among whom is his future wife, are imprisoned in ship's deck. He took them, promising rich marriage, and his real intention is to employ them in bordello houses of Buenos Aires, where the girls, not knowing the language, would be left to his mercy.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Smart Egg Pictures, JEMPSA, Art Film 80, C.F.S. Košutnjak
Original title El camino del sur
Directors Juan Bautista Stagnaro
Writers Albert Londres, Elida Cecconi, Beda Docampo Feijóo, Juan Bautista Stagnaro

Cast

Adrián Ghío

as Maksim / Máximo Brockman

Mirjana Joković

as Jana / Anita

Žarko Laušević

as Moritz

Mira Furlan

as Bessi

Osvaldo Santoro

as Rufino

María Fiorentino

as Signora / Maruja

Mauricio Dayub

as Ramón / Sacerdote

Joaquin Monaco

as Mousi

Eva Ras

as Mrs. Mendel

Milan Erak

as Italijan