
Belén (Iride Mockert) is a poor young woman who gets a job on the outskirts of Buenos Aires as a maid, a cleaner and a cook of a rich family. She, wide-eyed and placid domestic, obediently tends to Diana, an overbearing socialite, and her sporty, temperamental adult son Juan, and sparks a romance with a kind security guard Garita. Their villa is part of a gated community and protected by high walls as a borderline between rich and poor. Behind the walls is a jungle-like area... (Full plot summary below)
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Belén (Iride Mockert) is a poor young woman who gets a job on the outskirts of Buenos Aires as a maid, a cleaner and a cook of a rich family. She, wide-eyed and placid domestic, obediently tends to Diana, an overbearing socialite, and her sporty, temperamental adult son Juan, and sparks a romance with a kind security guard Garita. Their villa is part of a gated community and protected by high walls as a borderline between rich and poor. Behind the walls is a jungle-like area. On a walk she discovers a nudist and swinger camp located inside. Her secret visits as a voyeur pile up and eventually she is accepted by the nudist community as a full member. When the McMansion dwellers conspire to shut down their colony, violence erupts.
Leave your thoughts about A Decent Woman.
| EscribiendoCineJuan Pablo RussoOne of the best cinematographic approaches to the contradictory world of closed neighborhoods. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| Film ExperienceNathaniel RogersThe snail-paced first two thirds doesn't speak all that coherently to the cartoonish final act. |
| Cinema ScopeMallory AndrewsIt is fun at first, but the gag eventually wears thin. |
| Otroscines.comDiego LererVery well played by Iride Mockret. [Full Review in Spanish] |