Diego Gachassin

Docile Bodies explores the experience of marginalisation in the criminal justice system. Following the complex relationship between lawyer Alfredo Garcia Kalb and two of his young clients, the film takes viewers into the Argentinian legal world, laying bare its processes, the penalties it imposes and the painful consequences for the two men and their families.

Alberto Sarlo, an attorney and writer from La Plata, embarks on a utopian project: to teach philosophy, literature and boxing to 52 convicts from Cell Block 4 in a maximum security prison located in Florencio Varela, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Carlos "Kongo" Mena, an inmate who has just been released, returns to the jail as Sarlo's assistant, providing his perspective, somewhat closer to that of the reality of the other inmates. Alberto succeeds in turning Carlos into the first ex-convict hired to teach at Buenos Aires prisons. For many of them, he is proof that redemption is indeed possible.

Three immigrants living in a Buenos Aires immersed in the profound economic, political, and social crisis that erupted in late 2001 and early 2002, where they are forced to constantly rethink their movements and reflect on what they were in their country of origin, what they are in this new land, and what their children will be here or there, somewhere in the global village.

Since the 1990s, a wave of new immigrants from the former Soviet Union has hit Argentina's borders. They lose their identity and, to a certain extent, their pride as they are forced to adapt to an unfamiliar language and an unwelcoming society. Vladimir is one of those immigrants; unemployed, he feels cheated by the supposed opportunities of the "free world," but at least he finds solace in the arms of a prostitute. Nevertheless, he feels compelled to make something of his life, even if he has to take advantage of others.

Tomás and Agustín are dedicated to different healing disciplines: Tomás works in palliative care and Agustín in biodecoding. A trip to the south of Argentina, where Tomás will run 120 km and Agustín will photograph him, becomes an opportunity to heal their relationship and face their conflicts.

A dark shadow hangs over the role of defense lawyers whose arguments are aimed at freeing criminals. But Alfredo is not a blood-sucking vulture: he has values that sustain his work, a cause.

Docile Bodies explores the experience of marginalisation in the criminal justice system. Following the complex relationship between lawyer Alfredo Garcia Kalb and two of his young clients, the film takes viewers into the Argentinian legal world, laying bare its processes, the penalties it imposes and the painful consequences for the two men and their families.

Docile Bodies explores the experience of marginalisation in the criminal justice system. Following the complex relationship between lawyer Alfredo Garcia Kalb and two of his young clients, the film takes viewers into the Argentinian legal world, laying bare its processes, the penalties it imposes and the painful consequences for the two men and their families.

Alberto Sarlo, an attorney and writer from La Plata, embarks on a utopian project: to teach philosophy, literature and boxing to 52 convicts from Cell Block 4 in a maximum security prison located in Florencio Varela, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Carlos "Kongo" Mena, an inmate who has just been released, returns to the jail as Sarlo's assistant, providing his perspective, somewhat closer to that of the reality of the other inmates. Alberto succeeds in turning Carlos into the first ex-convict hired to teach at Buenos Aires prisons. For many of them, he is proof that redemption is indeed possible.

Alberto Sarlo, an attorney and writer from La Plata, embarks on a utopian project: to teach philosophy, literature and boxing to 52 convicts from Cell Block 4 in a maximum security prison located in Florencio Varela, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Carlos "Kongo" Mena, an inmate who has just been released, returns to the jail as Sarlo's assistant, providing his perspective, somewhat closer to that of the reality of the other inmates. Alberto succeeds in turning Carlos into the first ex-convict hired to teach at Buenos Aires prisons. For many of them, he is proof that redemption is indeed possible.

Three immigrants living in a Buenos Aires immersed in the profound economic, political, and social crisis that erupted in late 2001 and early 2002, where they are forced to constantly rethink their movements and reflect on what they were in their country of origin, what they are in this new land, and what their children will be here or there, somewhere in the global village.

Three immigrants living in a Buenos Aires immersed in the profound economic, political, and social crisis that erupted in late 2001 and early 2002, where they are forced to constantly rethink their movements and reflect on what they were in their country of origin, what they are in this new land, and what their children will be here or there, somewhere in the global village.

Since the 1990s, a wave of new immigrants from the former Soviet Union has hit Argentina's borders. They lose their identity and, to a certain extent, their pride as they are forced to adapt to an unfamiliar language and an unwelcoming society. Vladimir is one of those immigrants; unemployed, he feels cheated by the supposed opportunities of the "free world," but at least he finds solace in the arms of a prostitute. Nevertheless, he feels compelled to make something of his life, even if he has to take advantage of others.

Since the 1990s, a wave of new immigrants from the former Soviet Union has hit Argentina's borders. They lose their identity and, to a certain extent, their pride as they are forced to adapt to an unfamiliar language and an unwelcoming society. Vladimir is one of those immigrants; unemployed, he feels cheated by the supposed opportunities of the "free world," but at least he finds solace in the arms of a prostitute. Nevertheless, he feels compelled to make something of his life, even if he has to take advantage of others.

Tomás and Agustín are dedicated to different healing disciplines: Tomás works in palliative care and Agustín in biodecoding. A trip to the south of Argentina, where Tomás will run 120 km and Agustín will photograph him, becomes an opportunity to heal their relationship and face their conflicts.

Tomás and Agustín are dedicated to different healing disciplines: Tomás works in palliative care and Agustín in biodecoding. A trip to the south of Argentina, where Tomás will run 120 km and Agustín will photograph him, becomes an opportunity to heal their relationship and face their conflicts.

Tomás and Agustín are dedicated to different healing disciplines: Tomás works in palliative care and Agustín in biodecoding. A trip to the south of Argentina, where Tomás will run 120 km and Agustín will photograph him, becomes an opportunity to heal their relationship and face their conflicts.

A dark shadow hangs over the role of defense lawyers whose arguments are aimed at freeing criminals. But Alfredo is not a blood-sucking vulture: he has values that sustain his work, a cause.