The Lighthouse of the Orcas 2016

6.9/10

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IMDB Rating : 6.9

FD Smart Rating : 6.9

Synopsis : A mother travels to Patagonia with her autistic son with the hopes that a ranger and a pod of wild orcas can help him find an emotional connection.

Actors:

Joaquin Rapalini , Joaquin Furriel , Maribel Verdu , Ana Celentano

Creators:

Roberto Bubas , Gerardo Olivares , Lucia Puenzo , Sallua Sehk

Languages:

European Spanish , Brazilian Portuguese , Italian , Polish , European Spanish [Original] , French , European Spanish - Audio Description , German , Turkish , Japanese

Subtitles:

English , Portuguese , European Spanish , Dutch , Simplified Chinese , Italian , Traditional Chinese , French , German , Brazilian Portuguese , Turkish , Greek , Arabic , Polish , Swedish , Danish , Finnish , Romanian , Hebrew , Japanese , Korean , Norwegian , Thai , Bulgarian

Genres:

Biography, Drama, Romance

Release Date:

2016

Run Time:

1h50m

Maturity Rating:

Recommended for ages 13 and up

Beto is a lonely man who works as Ranger of the isolated Peninsula Valdes' National Park (Chubut, Argentina). Lover of the nature and animals, the peace of his days watching orcas, seals and sea lions in the sea ends after the arrival of Lola, a Spanish mother who travels there from Madrid with his autistic 11 years old son Tristán looking for Beto after both watch him in a documentary about whales. Desperate, Lola asks help Beto in order to make a therapy for Tristán, hoping that his isolation caused by the autism can be overcome. Reluctant at the beginning, Beto agrees to help Tristán, sailing by the cost in a boat to meet orcas (defying the rules that prevent touching them and swimming them), the only one that causes emotional responses in Tristán. As days go by, Tristán starts slowly to express emotions, in the same way that Beto's boss tries to fire him in the belief that orcas are a dangerous killers whales, Lola realizes about a familiar trouble in Spain and that they Lola and Beto learns about the feelings between them...