La Mala Verdad

Bárbara (Ailén Guerrero) is ten years old and lives with her mother, Laura (AnalÑa Couceyro), and her grandpa, Ernesto (Alberto de Mendoza). She spends her days going to school choir practice for the end of the year recital and planning her escape with her friend MatÑas, eight years old, an irresistible liar and petty thief.Bárbaras behavior at school; her sad looks; the recurrent incident of her peeing on herself when witnessing a violent scene; and her drawings, where she pencils a girl who loses her face gradually; all that makes Sara (Malena Solda), the educational psychologist, and her teacher suspicious. The tension and distance among her family members are evident. Laura has a submissive attitude towards her father and Rodolfo (Carlos Belloso), her boyfriend, who is unemployed and full of debts that he tries to pay off with money from Ernestos bookshop.Bárbara and MatÑas spend their days planning a crazy escape. The idea is to make a raft on which they will sail out to see towar