Martina Gusman
Birthday: 1978-10-28 Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Synopsis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Martina Gusmán (born 28 October 1978) is an Argentine actress and film producer. She starred in the 2010 film Carancho, which was entered into the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. In 2011 she was a member of the jury for the main competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Acting
The Innocent
An accidental killing leads a man down a dark hole of intrigue and murder. Just as he finds love and freedom, one phone call brings back the nightmare.
The Year of Fury
Uruguay (1972) unavoidably falls into a terrible dictatorship. Diego and Leonardo, two writers of a well-known TV comedy show, struggle to maintain their integrity under the pressure they receive to tone down their political satires against the military. On the side of the oppressors, Rojas, the lieutenant in charge of torturing subversive youth, finds emotional refuge in Susana, a prostitute. Slowly, the lives of all of them are deeply impacted by the yoke of the dictatorship that looms over them.
Lucía
Lucía is an Argentine fashion designer living in Paris. The day she introduces her first collection her eyes start to shut down due to diabetes. But before Before she can undergo surgery, she has to return to Argentina because of her father's death, where she faces her past and the relationship with her family who do not approve of her lifestyle.
El marginal
An ex-cop entered a prison as convicted under a false identity in order to infiltrate within a group of prisoners that has just kidnapped the teenage daughter of an important national judge.
White Elephant
While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aries shantytown, a troubled priest finds solace in a young, atheist social worker.
Carancho
Sosa is a lawyer who haunts hospital waiting rooms hoping to represent the victims of traffic accidents in insurance claims. When he falls in love with ambulance medic Luján, he tries to leave this dark business but the shady law firm that he works for won’t let him off that easily.
Lion's Den
Julia, a 25 year-old university student, two weeks pregnant, with no criminal record, is sent to prison. Julia murdered the father of her child. This story addresses maternity, jail and Justice; confinement, guilt and solitude; but above all it deals with Julia and her son, Tomas, born inside an Argentinean prison.
Born and Bred
In Patagonia, a successful interior designer's life falls apart after he suffers a horrific accident.
