Madraza (film)

The Godmother (Spanish: Madraza) is a 2017 Argentine crime black comedy film directed, written, and produced by Hernan Aguilar. Madraza won the Best Feature Film Award in Sitges Film Festival 2017 Blood Window and won the Best Feature Film Award "Panambí de oro" at the Paraguay International Film Festival 2017.

Madraza
Directed by	Hernan Aguilar
Written by	Hernan Aguilar
Produced by	Javier Entelman Hernan Aguilar Sebastian Aloi
Starring	Loren Acuña Gustavo Garzón Sofía Gala Chunchuna Villafañe Osmar Nuñez Monica Ayos Ricardo Canaletti
Cinematography	Marcelo Lavintman
Edited by	Anabela Lattanzio Hernan Aguilar
Music by	Guillermo Guareschi
Production companies	Kozen Films S.A. Aeroplano Cine
Distributed by	Buena Vista International
Release date	25 May 2017 (2017-05-25)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

Using visually powerful action sequences and realistic performances, the film depicts the story of a simple housewife that becomes an assassin for money. A fiction feature film about a housewife living in the slums of Buenos Aires who becomes an assassin for hire to overcome the struggles of her emotional emptiness and tough economic situation. An intelligent and romantic detective investigates the murders. Stained of sexual tension, the relationship between the Detective and Matilde is both funny and refreshing.

Madraza is a genre film that, using suspense, action and comedy, wanders through the many difficulties that citizens of Buenos Aires must endure. The film's tone tends to satirize the current social perspective of Argentina and the limits of morale and insanity.

The film was released theatrically by Buena Vista International on 25 May 2017, something rare for an independent Argentine film.