The Girl

A father who loses track of his little daughter, kidnapped and introduced into the child sex trafficking market, will do everything possible to find the kidnapper and reunite with her.

  • Lucas De Benedetti
    Director
  • Lucas De Benedetti
    Writer
  • Lucas De Benedetti
    Producer
  • Mateo Sánchez Luna
    Producer
  • Mariano Muente
    Key Cast
    "The father"
  • Pablo Mónaco
    Key Cast
    "Man in car"
  • Román Martin
    Key Cast
    "Man in bathtub"
  • Paloma Lorenzo
    Key Cast
    "The girl"
  • Mateo Sánchez Luna
    Director of photography
  • Micaela Ailín Blanco
    Production Designer
  • Martín Galimany
    Sound Designer
  • Liliana Nadal
    Film Editor
  • Pablo Sala
    Original Music
  • Leila Sucari
    Director Assistant
  • Iñaki Dodero
    Head of Production
  • Ignacio Levalle
    Camera Operator
  • Florencia Méndez
    Sound
  • Esperancita VFX
    VFX
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La Niña
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Thriller, Drama
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Argentina
  • Country of Filming:
    Argentina
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • El Delirio Cine
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
  • El Delirio Cine
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Lucas De Benedetti

Lucas De Benedetti was born in Buenos Aires in 1984. He studied dramatic arts in Augusto Fernandes’ school and he graduated as Filmmaker at CIC (Centro Cinematográfico de Cine). With more than 14 years of experience in the industry, he developed over the years in the AD department and as a producer for advertising, series and movies. He’s writing the script for the first season of his series “Cree en mí”. La Niña (The Child) is his debut as director.

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Director Statement

Child trafficking is one of the most painful pending issues in society. Sexual abuse of children is something that happens around the world every day, but over time we have become complicit in our silence. “La Niña” seeks to make the viewer aware of what is happening and experience the psychological trauma that the victims and their families go through. For this, through our protagonist, we explore the limit between the pain and madness of a father who has lost a part of himself. A color palette will flow from pastels and bright colors highlighting idyllic moments and a much colder one highlighting the loneliness and emptiness experienced as we advance in the plot, as does the sound, the looped dialogues and the various frames.