| Las mantenidas sin sueños Kept and Dreamless (English title) | |
| Director: | Martín De Salvo Vera Fogwill |
| Starring: | Vera Fogwill Lucía Snieg Mirta Busnelli Mía Maestro Gastón Pauls |
| Music: | Babasónicos |
| Cinematography: | Nicolas Trovato |
| Editing: | Rosario Suárez |
| Runtime: | 97 minutes; 94 minutes (Brazil) |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Language: | Spanish |
Kept and Dreamless (Spanish: Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños,) is a 2005 Argentinian drama film directed by Vera Fogwill and Martín De Salvo. Starring Fogwill and Lucía Snieg, the film focuses on the struggles of Eugenia, a 10-year-old precocious child, and the bond with her cocaine-addicted, unemployed mother Florencia, as she tries to find a job for her when they discover Florencia is pregnant. The film also stars Mirta Busnelli, Mía Maestro, Edda Díaz, Elsa Berenguer[1] and Gastón Pauls. Shown at the American Film Institute's Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland, on September 24, 2005, the film explores mother-daughter relationships in a reminiscent way of the work of Spanish director Pedro Sanchez.