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Defenders of Life

20151h 33mDana Ziyasheva

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"Children Bearing Children"

In the hills of Costa Rica, Doña Carmen struggles to pass on her tribe's traditional ways of life. She must soon marry off her only granddaughter, and 70-year-old shaman Don Claudio lays his claim to the girl, who is only 12 and already impregnated by him. When the girl befriends the young son of a visiting anthropologist, it forces a collision between the modern world and the ancient one.

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RapeTraditionIndigenousPregnancyPregnant MinorIndigenous Community

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What is Defenders of Life (2015) about?

In the hills of Costa Rica, Doña Carmen struggles to pass on her tribe's traditional ways of life. She must soon marry off her only granddaughter, and 70-year-old shaman Don Claudio lays his claim to the girl, who is only 12 and already impregnated by him. When the girl befriends the young son of a visiting anthropologist, it forces a collision between the modern world and the ancient one.

Who stars in Defenders of Life?

Defenders of Life stars Beatriz Brenes (Pamela Salazar), Arman Darbo (Feb Salazar), Eylin Esther Jimenez Gonzales (Esmeralda), Carmen Romero Palacios (Doña Carmen), Francisco Rodriguez Atencio (Don Claudio). The film was directed by Dana Ziyasheva.

How long is Defenders of Life?

Defenders of Life has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 2015.

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