Defenders of Life
2015, Spanish. Directed by Dana Ziyasheva.
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In the hills of Costa Rica, Doña Carmen struggles to pass on her tribe's traditional ways of life. She must soon marry off her only granddaughter, and 70-year-old shaman Don Claudio lays his claim to the girl, who is only 12 and already impregnated by him. When the girl befriends the young son of a visiting anthropologist, it forces a collision between the modern world and the ancient one.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 1 February 2015
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Written by
- Dana Ziyasheva
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Defenders of Life runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Who directed Defenders of Life?
Defenders of Life (2015) was directed by Dana Ziyasheva and stars Beatriz Brenes, Arman Darbo, Eylin Esther Jimenez Gonzales.