''The Hands'' ( es, Las manos) is a 2006

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film directed by

Alejandro Doria Alejandro Doria (November 1, 1936 – June 17, 2009) was a noted Argentine cinema and television director. Life and work Born in Buenos Aires in 1936, he first worked for Argentine television in 1965 as a writer for a local variety show, ''S ...

. The plot was inspired by the life and work of Catholic priest

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. Doria and

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wrote the screenplay. The film won one

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Cast

Graciela Borges Graciela Borges (; born Graciela Noemí Zabala, June 10, 1941) is an Argentine television and film actress. Borges was born in Dolores. Having made her film debut at 14, she has acted in over fifty films and was featured in 2006 in '' Vogue ...

as Perla *

Jorge Marrale Jorge Marrale (born June 30, 1947) is an Argentine actor. Life and work Marrale was born in Buenos Aires' industrial Barracas section to a Spanish mother and an Italian father (from the Calabria Region), in 1947. His paternal grandfather had be ...

as Padre

Duilio Marzio Duilio Marzio (November 27, 1923 - July 25, 2013) was a well-known Argentine cinema and theatre actor. Life and work Marzio was born Duilio Bruno Perruccio La Stella in Buenos Aires to Sicilian immigrants, in 1923. He enrolled at the University ...

as Monseñor Alessandri *

Esteban Pérez Esteban Daniel Pérez Spatazza (born March 26, 1966 in Rosario, Santa Fe) is a retired male basketball player (2.00 metres) from Argentina, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) ...

as Javier *

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as Silvia *

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as Padre Giacomino * Carlos Weber as Monseñor Arizaga * Jean Pierre Reguerraz as Spagnuolo *

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Movie Awards and nominations

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*Won: Best Costume Design *Nominated: Best Actor – Leading Role (Jorge Marrale) *Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Duilio Marzio) *Nominated: Best Actress – Leading Role (Graciela Borges) *Nominated: Best Art Direction (Margarita Jusid) *Nominated: Best Director (Alejandro Doria) *Nominated: Best Film *Nominated: Best New Actor (Esteban Perez) *Nominated: Best Screenplay – Original (Alejandro Doria and Juan Bautista Stagnaro)

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(Spain) *Won: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film

External links

* 2006 films 2000s Spanish-language films Argentine drama films Films directed by Alejandro Doria Films scored by Federico Jusid 2000s Argentine films {{2000s-Argentina-film-stub