{{short description|2008 film}} {{one source|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Lion's Den | image = Leonera poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Pablo Trapero | distributor = Buena Vista International | producer = {{Plainlist| *Pablo Trapero *Youngjoo Suh }} | story = Pablo Trapero | screenplay = {{Plainlist| *Pablo Trapero *Martín Mauregui *Santiago Mitre *Alejandro Fadel }} | starring = {{Plainlist| *Martina Gusmán *Elli Medeiros *Rodrigo Santoro }} | cinematography = Guillermo Nieto | editing = {{Plainlist| *Ezequiel Borovinsky *Pablo Trapero }} | music = {{Plainlist| *Intoxicados *Chango Spasiuk *Los Palmeras }} | country = Argentina<br>South Korea<br>Brazil<br>Spain | language = Spanish | runtime = 113 minutes | released = {{Film date|2008|05|15|Cannes Film Festival|2008|05|29|Argentina}} }} '''''Lion's Den''''' ({{langx|es|Leonera}}) is a 2008 drama film directed, co-written, co-produced and co-edited by Pablo Trapero. Addressing motherhood within the prison system, it stars Martina Gusmán, Elli Medeiros and Rodrigo Santoro. The film competed in the Competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="selection">{{cite news|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2008/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 2008: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235121/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2008/allSelections.html |archive-date=2 December 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref>
It was Argentina's official submission for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
==Plot== In Buenos Aires, the independently minded student Julia Zárate awakens in her apartment with gore everywhere, her lover Nahuel stabbed, and their shared lover Ramiro covered with blood but alive.
Julia is pregnant and is sent to a special prison wing for mothers and pregnant prisoners to await trial. She befriends Marta, a fellow prisoner who has two children and helps her to understand prison life as a mother. Julia delivers Tomás and her mother tries to kidnap him, causing a prison riot. When Ramiro accuses her of murdering Nahuel, her chances of raising Tomás fall.
== Cast == * Martina Gusmán - Julia * Elli Medeiros - Sofia * Rodrigo Santoro - Ramiro * Laura García - Marta * Tomás Plotinsky - Tomás VI * Leonardo Sauma - Ugo Casman
==See also== * List of submissions to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Argentine submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|1022606|Lion's Den}}
{{Pablo Trapero}} {{Argentine submission for Academy Awards}}
Category:2008 films Category:2008 drama films Category:Argentine drama films Category:South Korean drama films Category:Spanish drama films Category:Brazilian drama films Category:Films directed by Pablo Trapero Category:2000s prison drama films Category:Women in prison films Category:2008 Argentine films Category:2008 Spanish films Category:2008 South Korean films Category:2008 Brazilian films
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