Dolores Fonzi ’s Belén , based on the book Somos Belén by Ana Correa, is a true story that follows the contentious case of a young Argentinian woman (Camila Plaate) who is admitted to a hospital with severe abdominal pain, unaware that she is pregnant, the woman succumbs to blood loss and wakes up handcuffed to a gurney while surrounded by police. She is then accused of having an intentional abortion. After being placed in detention for two years, she is then sentenced to eight years in prison after the court rules the incident as an aggravated homicide. The injustice ruling sparks an outcry from women throughout the country, and a female lawyer, Soledad Deza (Fonzi), takes on the young woman’s case and fights for her freedom with the support of thousands of women and organizations. B

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