The Hands | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | Alejandro Doria |
Producer: | Christian Blanco Horacio Grinberg José Paquez Maria José Poblador Jorge Poleri Facundo Ramilo Luis A. Sartor Daniel Viterman Ludueña |
Music: | Federico Jusid |
Cinematography: | Willi Behnisch |
Editing: | Marcela Sáenz |
Studio: | Aleph Producciones S.A. Carbelli Producciones Unlam |
Distributor: | Primer Plano Film Group Transeuropa Video Entertainment |
Country: | Argentina Italy |
Language: | Spanish Italian |
Gross: | $562,629 |
The Hands (Spanish; Castilian: Las manos) is a 2006 Argentinean-Italian film directed by Alejandro Doria. The plot was inspired by the life and work of Catholic priest Mario Pantaleo. Doria and Juan Bautista Stagnaro wrote the screenplay. The film won one Goya Award.
Film based on the life of Father Mario Pantaleo, born in Italy and brought to Argentina as a child. He devoted himself to the impoverished and the ailing, providing words of solace, and those who believed that he could diagnose and heal with his hands.
Argentine Film Critics Association Awards
Goya Awards (Spain)