''Breadcrumbs'' ( es, Migas de pan) is a 2016 Spanish-Uruguayan
drama film directed by Manane Rodríguez, starring
Cecilia Roth and Justina Bustos.
It was selected as the Uruguayan entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
It was selected by Uruguay to compete for the
Oscar 2017 to Best non-English speaking film.
Plot
The young Liliana Pereira (Justina Bustos), in
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
, a university student and mother of a baby, participates in student struggles against the Civic-Military Dictatorship in Uruguay. Together with other women, she is kidnapped, locked up and tortured, and dispossessed of her son's
parental rights
A parent is a caregiver of the offspring in their own species. In humans, a parent is the caretaker of a child (where "child" refers to offspring, not necessarily age). A ''biological parent'' is a person whose gamete resulted in a child, a male ...
. Mutual support with her confinement partners strengthens and accompanies her. After years of exile in Spain, and upon learning that she will be a grandmother, Liliana Pereira (
Cecilia Roth) decides to return to Uruguay to participate with her ex-companions in denouncing the hell suffered in her youth and to recover the sentimental ties with her son.
Cast
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Cecilia Roth as Liliana Pereira
* Justina Bustos as Liliana Pereira
*
María Pujalte
*
Margarita Musto
Margarita Musto (born 16 November 1955) is a Uruguayan actress, theater director, translator, teacher, and general and artistic director of the .
Biography
Margarita Musto graduated in 1982 from the Margarita Xirgu Multidisciplinary School of Dra ...
* Patxi Bisquert
* Ernesto Chao
* Quique Fernández
* Andrea Davidovics
* Ignacio Cawen
* Stefanía Crocce
* Sonia Méndez
* Nuria Fló
* Sergio Quintana
* María Vidal
* Artur Trillo
See also
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List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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References
External links
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2016 films
2016 drama films
Spanish drama films
Uruguayan drama films
2010s Spanish-language films
2010s Spanish films
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