The Sharks (film)

The Sharks (Spanish: Los Tiburones) is a 2019 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Lucia Garibaldi, co-producted by Uruguay, Argentina and Spain.

The Sharks
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Spanish	Los Tiburones
Directed by	Lucía Garibaldi
Written by	Lucía Garibaldi
Produced by	Isabel García Pancho Magnou Arnábal
Starring	Romina Bentancur Federico Morosini Fabián Arenillas Valeria Lois Antonella Aquistapache
Cinematography	German Nocella
Edited by	Sebastián Schjaer
Music by	Fabrizio Rossi Miguel Recalde
Production company	Montelona Cine
Release date	January 2019 (2019-01) (Sundance)[1]
Running time	83 minutes
Countries	Uruguay Argentina Spain
Language	Spanish

Plot

Rosina, 14, lives in a small coastal town where sharks are reported to appear. She takes a summer job in home maintenance and finds herself surrounded by ultra-masculine men. While dealing with family problems, she finds herself attracted to a young fisherman several years older than herself-^{[2][3][4] [5][6]}

Release and reception

The film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition,^[5] where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award. The film also won the Work in Progress Prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival,^[7][8][9] and the Grand Prix Coup de Cœur at the Toulouse Latin Film Festival.^[10]

It became available on Video-on-Demand on April 14, 2020.^[11]

The movie has an 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.^[12]