''The Hands'' ( es, Las manos) is a 2006
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film
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directed by
Alejandro Doria
Alejandro Doria (November 1, 1936 – June 17, 2009) was a noted Argentine cinema and television director.
Life and work
Born in Buenos Aires in 1936, he first worked for Argentine television in 1965 as a writer for a local variety show, ''S ...
. The plot was inspired by the life and work of Catholic priest
Mario Pantaleo
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. Doria and
Juan Bautista Stagnaro
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wrote the screenplay. The film won one
Goya Award
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Cast
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Graciela Borges
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Borges was born in Dolores. Having made her film debut at 14, she has acted in over fifty films and was featured in 2006 in ''Vogue P ...
as Perla
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Jorge Marrale
Jorge Marrale (born June 30, 1947) is an Argentine actor.
Life and work
Marrale was born in Buenos Aires' industrial Barracas section to a Spanish mother and an Italian father (from the Calabria Region), in 1947. His paternal grandfather had be ...
as Padre
Mario Pantaleo
José Mario Pantaleo (August 1, 1915 · August 19, 1992) was an Italian priest who lived most of his life in Argentina. He is known as Padre Mario. He was well known for the healings of thousands as well as for the construction of a foundation in ...
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Duilio Marzio
Duilio Marzio (November 27, 1923 - July 25, 2013) was a well-known Argentine cinema and theatre actor.
Life and work
Marzio was born Duilio Bruno Perruccio La Stella in Buenos Aires to Sicilian immigrants, in 1923. He enrolled at the University ...
as Monseñor Alessandri
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Esteban Pérez
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Atlanta ( ) is ...
as Javier
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Belén Blanco as Silvia
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Carlos Portaluppi
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as Padre Giacomino
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Carlos Weber
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as Monseñor Arizaga
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Jean Pierre Reguerraz
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as Spagnuolo
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María Socas
María Antonia Socas Ortiz Lanús (Buenos Aires, August 12, 1959) is an Argentine actress.
Although active in various media in her native country, particularly ''telenovelas'' and stage,Juan Carlos Gené
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Liana Lombard
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Movie Awards and nominations
Argentine Film Critics Association Awards
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*Won: Best Costume Design
*Nominated: Best Actor – Leading Role (Jorge Marrale)
*Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Duilio Marzio)
*Nominated: Best Actress – Leading Role (Graciela Borges)
*Nominated: Best Art Direction (Margarita Jusid)
*Nominated: Best Director (Alejandro Doria)
*Nominated: Best Film
*Nominated: Best New Actor (Esteban Perez)
*Nominated: Best Screenplay – Original (Alejandro Doria and Juan Bautista Stagnaro)
Goya Awards
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The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...
(Spain)
*Won:
Best Spanish Language Foreign Film
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2006 films
2000s Spanish-language films
Argentine drama films
Films directed by Alejandro Doria
Films scored by Federico Jusid
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