Defenders of Life

In the hills of Costa Rica, Doña Carmen struggles to pass on her tribe's traditional ways of life. She must soon marry off her only granddaughter, and 70-year-old shaman Don Claudio lays his claim to the girl, who is only 12 and already impregnated by him. When the girl befriends the young son of a visiting anthropologist, it forces a collision between the modern world and the ancient one.

Cast

Beatriz Brenes

as Pamela Salazar

Arman Darbo

as Feb Salazar

Eylin Esther Jimenez Gonzales

as Esmeralda

Carmen Romero Palacios

as Doña Carmen

Francisco Rodriguez Atencio

as Don Claudio

Kattia Palacio Palacios

as Kattia

Alexis Rodriguez Gallardo

as Don Alexis

Mario Mendoza Jimenez

as Diego

Maria Bejarano

as Doña Maria

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