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Tag Archives: Argentina
The Intruder AKA El prófugo (2020) Natalia Meta, Erica Rivas, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Daniel Hendler
The story of Inés, a young woman who after a traumatic episode during Read More »
Papirosen (2011) Gastón Solnicki, Mirta Najdorf, Alan Solnicki, Víctor Solnicki
A portrait of Argentine director Gastón Solnicki’s family over the course of the second half of the 20th century Read More »
The Tango Lesson (1997) Sally Potter, Pablo Verón, Morgane Maugran
On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. Read More »
The Official Story AKA La historia oficial (1985) Luis Puenzo, Norma Aleandro, Héctor Alterio, Chunchuna Villafañe
Alicia Marnet de Ibáñez is a high school history professor and a well-to-do housewife Read More »
Animal AKA Animalada (2001) Sergio Bizzio, Carlos Roffé, Cristina Banegas, Carolina Fal
When rancher Alberto meets “Fanny”, a sheep on his farm, a love is born and Baa-aa-ad things begin happening. Read More »
The Fish Child AKA El niño pez (2009) Lucía Puenzo, Inés Efron, Mariela Vitale, Pep Munné
Lala, a teenager from the most exclusive suburban neighborhood in Argentina Read More »
The Beast Must Die AKA La bestia debe morir (1952) Román Viñoly Barreto, Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Guillermo Battaglia, Milagros de la Vega
“La bestia debe morir” is a taut, smartly crafted Argentinian noir that packs an emotional punch. Read More »
Crane World AKA Mundo grúa (1999) Pablo Trapero, Luis Margani, Adriana Aizemberg, Daniel Valenzuela
The portrait of a man and his attempts to make things up with life after losing his job. Read More »
Wild Tango AKA Tango feroz: La leyenda de Tanguito (1993) Marcelo Piñeyro, Fernán Mirás, Cecilia Dopazo, Imanol Arias
A biopic based on the life of one of the pioneer argentine rock stars ‘Tanguito’. Read More »
The Holy Girl AKA La niña santa (2004) Lucrecia Martel, Mercedes Morán, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta
ENT physicians gather at a provincial hotel in Salta. The hotel owner, Helena Read More »
The Headless Woman AKA La mujer sin cabeza (2008) Lucrecia Martel, María Onetto, Claudia Cantero, César Bordón
This film is centered around Vero, an Argentinean bourgeois woman Read More »
Tango (1998) Carlos Saura, Miguel Ángel Solá, Cecilia Narova, Mía Maestro
Set in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the film tells the story of director Mario Suarez’s Read More »
The Wind Journeys AKA Los viajes del viento (2009) Ciro Guerra, Marciano Martínez, Yull Núñez, Agustin Nieves
For most of his life, Ignacio Carrillo traveled the villages of northern Colombia Read More »
Paulina AKA La patota (2015) Santiago Mitre, Dolores Fonzi, Oscar Martínez, Esteban Lamothe
Paulina is a young lawyer with a promising career in Buenos Aires, who chooses to go back to her hometown. Read More »