Belén (2025)

September 18, 2025 (AR) • Drama • 108m

Overview

In the conservative northwestern region of Argentina, Julieta finds herself accused of infanticide after a medical emergency. With support from her attorney and women's rights advocates, she fights for justice in a landmark case that could change lives.

Director

Dolores Fonzi

Writers

Dolores Fonzi, Laura Paredes

Top Billed

Dolores Fonzi

Keywords

based on novel or book based on true story miscarriage of justice historical drama abortion courtroom drama legal drama criminal justice system legal thriller 2010s female lawyer admiring

Where to watch

Free / Included

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Top Billed Cast

Dolores Fonzi

Soledad Deza

Camila Plaate

Julieta / Belén

Laura Paredes

Bárbara

Julieta Cardinali

Beatriz Camaño

Luis Machín

Juez Fariña

César Troncoso

Alfonso

Sergio Prina

Diego

Liliana Juárez

Mabel

Ruth Plaate

Mecha

Gaia Garibaldi

Flora

Carito Lopez

Enfermera de recepción

Luciana Lamoglia

Enfermera de administración

Edgardo Castro

Doctor Rojas Diment

Santiago García Ibáñez

Enfermero

Martín Betella

Enfermero ginecología

Ezequiel Radusky

Doctor Baggio

Adolfina Zavalía

Mujer policía

Nahuel Altamirano

Policía quirófano 1

Cristian Artois

Policía quirófano 2

Mauricio Guzmán

Cabo

Patricio Cárrega

Padre reunión

Eugenia Lencinas

Madre 1

Marcela Pinello

Madre 2

Graciela Figueredo Meneses

Directora 1

Alejandra Flechner

Directora 2

Mavy Yúñez

Empleada juzgado

Bernardita Ottonello

Berni

Diego Bernachi

Empleado juzgado

José Quiroga

Secretario

Víctor Labra

Juez

Daniel Ramírez

Mozo

Patricio Pérez Piñeiro

Manuel

Daniel Elías

Rivetti

Camila Caram

Guardia cárcel Paola

Angélica Camuñas

Guardia cárcel mala

Susi Andersen Launda

Marcela

Wo Portillo del Rayo

Paco

Agustín Toscano

Empleado reptiliano

Luisa López de la Casa

Coca

Alaia Valen

Bebé de Mecha

Luisa Lucía Paz

Perla

Pilar Mestre Del Bono

Paulina

Gabriela Ferrario

Señora de limpieza

Katya Ninja

Violinista

Francisco Quintana

Gendarme

Lorena Palavecino

Señora de la limpieza 2

Olave Mendoza

Maestranza

Fabio Di Tomaso

Beto Bolaño

María Marull

Cris

Renata Marmora

Maquilladora

Andres Fichendler

Asistente de piso

Kuma La Pietra

Mujer perseguida por Beto

Josefina Galleguillo

Juana

Faty Arahuete

Tola

Daniel Cabot

Huterini

Rita Castillo

Mujer 1

Mabel Robles

Mujer 2

Carla Morales Ríos

Amalia

Salvador Lemos

Lauti

Sofía Diambra

Testimonio 1

Rosario de los Ángeles Parra

Testimonio 2

Eugenia Blanc

Profesora Flora

Facundo Marsella

Tomás

Gastón Courtade

Vecino

Aquiles Casabella

Joven juzgado

Flor Sabaté

Flor

Ale Bavera

Militante 1

Melania Buero

Militante 2

Tamara Dawidowicz

Militante 3

Elizabeth Vernaci

Vilma Blanco

Sergio Pángaro

Gustavo Brunetti

Sara Matheus

Periodista habla inglés

Dyna Molina

Periodista habla portugués

Yeminá Dening

Periodista 124

Rafael Solano

Mario

Crew

Dolores Fonzi

Director

Leticia Cristi

Producer

Ana Correa

Book

Dolores Fonzi

Writer

Laura Paredes

Writer

Matias Mosteirin

Producer

Diego Copello

Executive Producer

Agustina San Martín

Co-Writer

Nicolás Britos

Co-Writer

Andrés Pepe Estrada

Editor

Martín Bendersky

Post Producer

Mariana Mitre

Casting

Katia Szechtman

Casting

Rocío Muñoz

Casting Assistant

Manuela Ramos

Casting Assistant

Santiago Masip

Assistant Director

Mariana Busetto

Continuity

Mariana Cavagnaro Rouge

First Assistant Director

Cristian Giacomozzi

Second Assistant Director

Constanza Epifanio

Second Assistant Director

Sol Braier

Assistant Director Trainee

Nicolas Pollastri

Production Manager

Simone Bosshart

Production Coordinator

Mercedes Álvarez

Production Coordinator

Eugenia Giani

Production Assistant

Nicolas Mollis

Production Assistant

Ornella Vittone

Production Assistant

Estefania Mejia

Production Assistant

David Páez

Production Assistant

Fernanda Obeid

Production Assistant

Melina Andrea Dulci

Production Assistant

Lautaro Vieytes De Simone

Production Trainee

Malena Rodríguez Segal

Production Trainee

Lucila Flori

Production Trainee

Marcelo Martinez

Location Manager

Maitena Naveira

Location Assistant

Verónica Larumbe

Location Assistant

Ananda Brédice

Location Assistant

Francisco Casagrande

Location Manager

Javier Julia

Director of Photography

Javier Julia

Camera Operator

Mariana Kacef

Focus Puller

Matías Pagano

Second Assistant Camera

Brian Bendersky

Digital Imaging Technician

Tamara Segovia

Video Assist Operator

Soledad Rodríguez

"B" Camera Operator

Sofia Sarasola

"B" Camera Operator

Lucia Somoza

Focus Puller

Sabrina Choque

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Soledad Fernández

Second Assistant "B" Camera

María Eugenia Salgado

Video Assist Operator

Sebastián Buzzani

Video Assist Operator

Gabriel Quevedo

Steadicam Operator

Mariano Cúneo

Additional Camera

Ariel Contini

Additional Camera

Nicolás Belotti

Digital Imaging Technician

Matías Lanatta

Gaffer

Martín Clavijo

Lighting Manager

José Agustín Avalos

Lighting Coordinator

Valeria Lachman

Electrician

Sergio Céliz

Genetator Operator

Agustín Cassagnes

Genetator Operator

Martin Etcheverry

Key Grip

Alejandro Picco

Grip

Imanol Etcheverri

Grip

Pablo Marín

Additional Grip

Lucas Borghi

Additional Grip

Federico Carducci Plá

Additional Grip

Ariel Bareiro

Additional Grip

Victoria Franzan

Sound Recordist

Julián Catz

Boom Operator

Abril Alascio Meternicht

Boom Operator

Fernando Gallucci

Additional Sound Re-Recordist

Andrés Gargiulli

Additional Sound Re-Recordist

Micaela Saiegh

Art Direction

Mercedes Gobernori

Set Decoration

Ángeles García Frinchaboy

Set Decoration

Violeta Higgins

Art Department Coordinator

Emanuel Taboada

Assistant Set Decoration

Florencia Valentini

Assistant Set Decoration

Francisco Serra Cruz

Assistant Set Decoration

Eva Ferrán

Assistant Set Decoration

Joaquín Alonso Avellaneda

Assistant Set Decoration

Alejandra Mascareño

Props

César Cortez

Assistant Property Master

Lucía Gasconi

Costume Design

Greta Ure

Costume Design

Florencia Pinto Gutiérrez

Costume Supervisor

Mariano Troise

Costume Coordinator

Florencia Gabelli

Assistant Costume Designer

Angela Garacija

Makeup Artist

Dino Balanzino

Hairstylist

Florencia Grosso

Assistant Makeup Artist

Franco La Pietra

Hair Assistant

Constanza Montín

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Celeste Fernanda Dunan

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Débora Ruso

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Bárbara Morgazo

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Luciana Speranza

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Lenny Gutierrez

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Bárbara González

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Leonardo Castaño

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Florencia Della Paco

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Soledad Udrizar

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Luciana Navas

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Constanza Asturdillo

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Luisina Rampoldi

Assistant Editor

Juan Pablo Menchón

Assistant Editor

Martín Bendersky

Post Production Supervisor

Malena Suárez

Post Production Coordinator

Lina Maria Etchesuri

Still Photographer

Lanfranco Burattini

Special Effects Supervisor

Abril Iara Fernández

Stunts

Luciana Schnir

Stunts

Román Kampelmacher

Special Effects Technician

Roberto Fernández

Special Effects Technician

Luis Alberto Jaceniuk

Special Effects Technician

Esteban Parodi

Special Effects Technician

Federico Ransenberg

Special Effects Supervisor

Nicolas Poggio

Special Effects Technician

Matías Cabon

Special Effects Technician

Juan Sebastián Azurmendi

Special Effects Technician

Macarena Hidalgo

Special Effects Technician

Bruno Fauceglia

Visual Effects Producer

Lucas Di Rago

VFX Supervisor

Mariano Segat

VFX Supervisor

Guille Lawlor

Visual Effects Director

Melina Maciel Smith

Visual Effects Coordinator

Agustín García

3D Artist

Helena Wang

3D Artist

Nahuel Hintz

3D Artist

Franco Gregori

3D Artist

Mauricio Britos

3D Artist

Sebastián Fila

3D Artist

Daff Schneydher

Color Grading

Alejandro Armaleo

Color Grading

Leandro de Loredo

Sound Director

Leandro de Loredo

Sound Mixer

Lucía Biscayart

Dialogue Editor

Tomás Ramos

Sound Effects Editor

Emiliano Castillo Marín

Foley Recordist

Gabriel Santamaría

Foley Artist

Marilina Bertoldi

Music

Reviews

Brent Marchant

⭐ 6/10

November 16, 2025

A miscarriage of justice is a truly abhorrent outcome where legal matters are involved. And so it’s particularly ironic and maddening when such a development is rooted in an actual miscarriage itself. Such was the case for 24-year-old Julieta Gomez (Camila Plaate), a woman of modest means from the conservative Tucumán region of Argentina in 2014. In this fact-based story, Julieta is rushed to the hospital with severe abdominal pain and excessive bleeding, unaware that she’s in the process of miscarrying (or even that she’s pregnant). However, while undergoing treatment, she’s falsely accused of having performed an illegal abortion on herself during a bathroom visit, a procedure she was clearly in no condition to carry out on her own at the time. With flimsy accusations and questionable proof against her, authorities arrest Julieta while she’s still lying in a hospital bed receiving care. She then spends the next two years incarcerated awaiting trial for her alleged crimes. And, when she’s finally brought into court, she’s saddled with inept counsel and the prejudice of a corrupt, agenda-driven judicial system more concerned with keeping women disempowered than meting out real justice. She’s subsequently and summarily handed an unjust, unfounded eight-year prison sentence that her new activist attorney, Soledad Deza (portrayed by writer-actor-director Dolores Fonzi), intends to appeal. To effectuate this goal, Deza ramps up an aggressive publicity campaign to win public support for her client in her quest to obtain a new hearing, one that garners national – and even international – attention for women’s rights in Argentina, particularly with regard to the right to choose. And, to safeguard Julieta’s identity from undue scrutiny, she’s given the pseudonym “Belén,” which translates to “Bethlehem,” an intentionally loaded term in a predominantly Catholic country like Argentina where conventional religious values hold considerable sway in shaping public policy and jurisprudence. Director Fonzi delivers a fairly inspiring and noble tale in her second feature outing, with fine performances from Plaate and in her own lead portrayal. However, the narrative treatment here is somewhat pedestrian, following a rather rote, formulaic and surprisingly predictable approach, even among viewers who might not know much about the story going in. The film thus ultimately plays very much like material one would find in a typical television drama or movie of the week. Moreover, many incidents leading up to the new hearing feel like they’ve been lifted largely intact from other courtroom-based sagas, such as “In the Name of the Father” (1993), “Conviction” (2010), “Bridge of Spies” (2015) and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (2020), despite differences in the particular circumstances from those stories. To be fair, “Belén” is by no means a bad film, but it doesn’t feel especially fresh or original, either. Considering the significant gains to have come from the diligent efforts of Deza and her peers, it would have been preferable to see this courageous team of advocates get a better, more uplifting picture than what has emerged out of an otherwise-somewhat underwhelming production.

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