
Rust and Bone(2012)
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.


“A place to dream”
A mother travels to Patagonia with her autistic son with the hope that a ranger and a pod of wild orcas can help him find an emotional connection.

Maribel Verdú
Lola

Joaquín Furriel
Beto Bubas

Ana Celentano
Marcela

Osvaldo Santoro
Bonetti

Joaquín Rapalini
Tristán

Ciro Miró
Manolo

Federico Barga
Quiñones

Zoe Hochbaum
Martina
Alan Juan Pablo Moya
Inti
Juan Antonio Sánchez
Junco
The Lighthouse of the Orcas is a romance, drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of parent child relationship, autism, based on true story, patagonia, argentina, killer whale, sea lion. Directed by Gerardo Olivares, it stars Maribel Verdú, Joaquín Furriel, Ana Celentano. A mother travels to Patagonia with her autistic son with the hope that a ranger and a pod of wild orcas can help him find an emotional connection.
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