“Belén” is famous among Argentinian women — yet very few of them know her true identity. All is explained in Belén , a powerful and sometimes infuriating political drama written, directed by and starring triple-threat Dolores Fonzi .

Based on real events that occurred in 2014, it tells the story of a young woman who is rushed to a hospital in the province of Tucumán after suffering stomach pains. Unaware that she is pregnant, the woman miscarries — and immediately is arrested, on only the most circumstantial evidence, for inducing an illegal abortion, a “crime” that lands her in prison for years. Fonzi herself takes the part of Soledad Deza, the lawyer who publicized the girl’s case and rechristened her Belén to protect her from reprisals from other prisoners.

The case led to a Spar

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