Summary
A woman visits her boyfriend, locked up in a prison a few hours’ drive away from Buenos Aires. Each week, she manages as best as she can to accomplish her mission: provide her boyfriend food, drugs and love. In an exercise of visceral realism, Edgardo Castro constructs a harrowing love story with Las Ranas.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 60GoodWatch 54
IMDb6.0
Running time
1 h 18 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −31 min on the typical 109
typical 10978Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 39 countries
+29Released
2020
April 24, 2020
6 years ago
Genres
DramaDocumentaryLanguage
Spanish
Original language
Made in
Argentina
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 2
- Edgardo Castro Director, Writer, Producer, Art Direction
- Tomás Guiñazú Assistant Director, Producer
Camera · 1
- Soledad Rodríguez Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Susana Leunda Editor
Sound · 1
- Gabriel Barredo Sound Director
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