Close to the Border

Close to the Border

90 mins | Drama | June 8, 2000

Esteban is a journalist who is escaping to the northern border. In the Buenos Aires of 1978, his life is in danger. The threats after one of his articles in the newspaper and his own inner conflicts push him to run away. But crossing the border is impossible. He comes back to a village near the frontier, where he stays at Father Gabriel's, a priest with ideas and attitudes of mind far from the traditional church. There he will meet Marina and Margarita, who will complete this human group with strong convictions. His stay there will be a definitive experience.

Close to the Border

90 mins | Drama | June 8, 2000

Close to the Border
Esteban is a journalist who is escaping to the northern border. In the Buenos Aires of 1978, his life is in danger. The threats after one of his articles in the newspaper and his own inner conflicts push him to run away. But crossing the border is impossible. He comes back to a village near the frontier, where he stays at Father Gabriel's, a priest with ideas and attitudes of mind far from the traditional church. There he will meet Marina and Margarita, who will complete this human group with strong convictions. His stay there will be a definitive experience.
Producers
Original title Cerca de la frontera
Directors Rodolfo Durán
Writers Eduardo Leiva Muller

Cast

Ulises Dumont

as Padre Gabriel

Víctor Laplace

as Mario

Claudio Gallardou

as Esteban

Leonor Manso

as Margarita