The Way South
A thirty year old man returns from South America to his native village, in the mountains of Yugoslavia, to find his spouse and take her along. He chooses the youngest daughter of self-supporting Jewish woman. The deceit gets discovered on the way to South America. Seven poor girls, among whom is his future wife, are imprisoned in ship's deck. He took them, promising rich marriage, and his real intention is to employ them in bordello houses of Buenos Aires, where the girls, not knowing the language, would be left to his mercy.
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The Way South
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- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
May 10, 1988
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Drama
User Score
44%
Original Title
El camino del sur
Production Companies
JEMPSA, Smart Egg Pictures, C.F.S. Košutnjak, Art film 80
Director
Juan Bautista Stagnaro
Description
A thirty year old man returns from South America to his native village, in the mountains of Yugoslavia, to find his spouse and take her along. He chooses the youngest daughter of self-supporting Jewish woman. The deceit gets discovered on the way to South America. Seven poor girls, among whom is his future wife, are imprisoned in ship's deck. He took them, promising rich marriage, and his real intention is to employ them in bordello houses of Buenos Aires, where the girls, not knowing the language, would be left to his mercy.