Paulina (Dolores Fonzi) abandons a promising future as a lawyer to teach politics to young kids in a rural province of Argentina, much to the chagrin of her father Fernando, who wants her to pursue her career and finish her PhD. Her arrival in the small town where she is to teach, a region close to the border with Paraguay, brutalized by deforestation, is immediately disappointing: the students are unreceptive, opting to walk out of the classroom rather than engage in a philosophical debate about freedom of choice, choosing action over the rhetoric she offers.
With classes frequently cancelled and her students unengaged, she takes solace in a friendship with co-worker Laura. One evening, riding home from Laura's house, she is attacked and raped by a gang of local boys, though it is initially unclear what has happened to her. Despite her traumatic experience and the lack of trust around her, Paulina refuses to give up her social ideal. As her father struggles to keep his daughter's life and career intact, she begins making choices that may be pulling her deeper into danger.
Paulina explores the thin lines between morality and self-preservation, survival and sacrifice.
| Directed by | Santiago Mitre |
| Written by | Eduardo Borrás, Daniel Tinayre |
| Company | Cinema SlateCinema SlateCinema Slate |
