The Way South

1988 · 89 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 142 VOTES · DIR. Juan Bautista Stagnaro

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Overview

A thirty year old man returns from South America to his native village, in the mountains of Yugoslavia, to find his spouse and take her along. He chooses the youngest daughter of self-supporting Jewish woman. The deceit gets discovered on the way to South America. Seven poor girls, among whom is his future wife, are imprisoned in ship's deck. He took them, promising rich marriage, and his real intention is to employ them in bordello houses of Buenos Aires, where the girls, not knowing the language, would be left to his mercy.

Dialogue Timeline — 211 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:21 JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH
00:29:29 Who put you in there?
00:31:02 What is it?
00:32:48 I'll show you. I'll show you how to hang around with other men!
00:39:23 I didn't do anything to her...
00:42:16 What a beautiful hands you have! Musician hands...
00:43:42 Stop it!
00:47:58 Where's Máximo?
00:52:21 I'm sorry, Don Máximo, I couldn't stop her.
00:54:04 Fucking gringos.
00:56:18 When will they tell us what's going on?
00:57:08 You know, I... I never met my mom.
00:57:42 We can run away, leave everything behind...
00:59:08 - Where you leaving? - I don't know.
01:02:51 - Who is this guy? - You like him?
01:04:16 What were you doing in the hospital the other day?
01:08:43 Polish girl, Polish girl... You better forget him.
01:09:20 If I knew it, I wouldn't tell you.
01:09:53 Ana, come back!
01:16:34 I'm sorry.
01:22:57 Leave him! It's enough!
01:25:01 In this sense, the present committee...
01:32:42 You hear me, boss?
01:33:43 Open it! Open it or I'll break down it!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed211
Dialogue density2.4 lines / min
First line00:00:21
Final line01:33:43

Production Record

DirectorJuan Bautista Stagnaro
LanguageSR
IMDb votes142