The Sharks (Spanish: Los Tiburones) is a 2019 coming-of-agedrama film written and directed by Lucia Garibaldi, co-producted by Uruguay, Argentina and Spain.
Plot
Rosina, 14, lives in a small coastal town where sharks are reported to appear. She takes a summer job in home maintenance and finds herself surrounded by ultra-masculine men. While dealing with family problems, she finds herself attracted to a young fisherman several years older than herself-[2][3][4][5][6]
Release and reception
The film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition,[5] where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award. The film also won the Work in Progress Prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival,[7][8][9] and the Grand Prix Coup de Cœur at the Toulouse Latin Film Festival.[10]
It became available on Video-on-Demand on April 14, 2020.[11]
