THE CASTLE

Martín Benchimol's first solo feature film was awarded the Horizontes Latinos Award at the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival. The protagonists, Justina and Alexia Olivo, the producers Mayra Bottero, Gema Juárez Allen and Clarisa Oliveri (Gema Films) and the French co-producers Heidi Fleisher and Julie Paratian (Sister Productions) were present for the Spanish premiere of the film.

​​Having worked as a housekeeper all her life, Justina inherits from her former employer a mansion in the middle of the Argentinian pampas. Under one condition: she must never leave. In this modern fairytale, Justina and her daughter Alexia will face the challenges of keeping that promise alive.