La León

La León
Directed bySantiago Otheguy
Written bySantiago Otheguy
Produced byCatherine Bara
Pierre Rambaldi
Juan Solanas
Gonzalo Rodríguez Rubis
Pablo Salomon
Aton Soumache
Alexis Vonarb
StarringJorge Román
Daniel Valenzuela
CinematographyPaula Grandio
Edited byValeria Otheguy
Sebastián Sepúlveda
Music byVincent Artaud
Production
companies
Onyx Films
Big World
Polar Films
Morocha Films
Mandragona Producciones
Distributed byMK2 Diffusion
Release date
  • February 11, 2007 (2007-02-11) (Berlin International Film Festival)
Running time
80 minutes
CountriesArgentina
France
LanguageSpanish

La León is a 2007 Argentine drama written and directed by Santiago Otheguy. Set in Northern Argentina, the film tells the story of a homosexual fieldworker, Álvaro (Jorge Román), and his relationship with a local bully, El Turu (Daniel Valenzuela). On its release the film received average reviews and won a Teddy Award.