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Films from the country "argentine", sorted by revenue
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The German Doctor (2013)
, 1h34Directed by Lucía Puenzo
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Actors Natalia Oreiro, Àlex Brendemühl, Elena Roger
Set in 1960, the film depicts Mengele during his exile in South America. Having adopted a new identity, he moves into a Patagonian hotel run by German-speaking Eva and her husband Enzo, and becomes particularly interested in their daughter Lilith. Having won the family's trust, Mengele finds a reawakened interest in human genetics research.
XXY (2007)
, 1h30Directed by Lucía Puenzo
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ricardo Darín, Inés Efron, Valeria Bertuccelli, Ailín Salas
Alex Kraken is a 15-year-old intersex person, with both male and female genitals, who has been living as a girl and using medicines to suppress masculine features, such as a beard, and to attempt to have more feminine features. However, recently Alex has stopped taking her medication.
Kóblic (2016)
, 1h32Directed by Sebastián Borensztein
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Actors Ricardo Darín, Inma Cuesta
Argentine, 1977. La dictature de la junte militaire assassine ses opposants, notamment dans les vols de la mort qui consistent à jeter des personnes dans le vide depuis un avion. Parce qu'il s'est révolté pendant une de ces "missions", Tomas Kóblic, pilote et capitaine dans l'aviation, est amené à prendre la fuite. Caché dans une petite ville du sud, il est repéré par le policier local. Commence alors pour Kóblic, qui est tombé amoureux d'une jeune femme du village, une lutte pour sa survie...
Man Facing Southeast (1987)
, 1h45Directed by Eliseo Subiela
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Lorenzo Quinteros
The staff and patients go about their daily business at Buenos Aires' José Borda Psychiatric Hospital on a summer day in 1985. A staff psychiatrist, Dr. Julio Denis (Lorenzo Quinteros) is surprised to hear that his ward for non-violent delusional cases has one patient too many. Denis finds him in the chapel playing the organ like a virtuoso. Summoning him (Hugo Soto) to his office, Denis finds the man's speech is measured and articulate as he explains his presence there as a result of an image being projected from light years away. He introduces himself as "Rantés" (an exotic sounding name in Argentina). Dr. Denis is convinced that Rantés is a fugitive hoping to hide from the law in the hospital. He lets the patient stay however, after seeing how his caring touch helps the other patients. The doctor is amused by his extraterrestrial claims and he suspects that the man is a genius using his talents as a charade.
Intimate Stories (2002)
, 1h34Directed by Carlos Sorín
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Julia Solomonoff
Don Justo (Antonio Benedicti) hands over the running of his grocery store to his overbearing son and daughter-in-law and escapes to search for his lost dog Badface.
Family Law (2006)
, 1h42Directed by Daniel Burman
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Daniel Hendler, Julieta Díaz
The film tells the story of Ariel Perelman (Daniel Hendler). While he has an easygoing lifestyle, he's trying to find his way in life in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He works at a university as a law professor. The film begins with a long narration of the way things stand in his life. He describes his father, Bernardo Perelman (Arturo Goetz), in detail. Perelman, as he's known, is a popular public defender who meets his clients where they work or in restaurants so he can determine what they are "all about." Most of his clients are generally poor. He's very close to his secretary (Adriana Aizemberg) since his wife died fifteen years ago. Work fills Perelman's days, and Ariel is astonished by his energy.
The Last Elvis (2012)
, 1h31Directed by Armando Bó, Armando Bo III
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Griselda Siciliani
À Buenos Aires, Carlos Gutiérrez est Elvis, qu'il travaille à l'usine ou sur scène pour une agence de sosies. Carlos vit pour sa passion pour Elvis Presley, c'est même un véritable mode de vie. Mais un accident va l'obliger à assumer son rôle de père lorsque sa fille, bien évidemment nommée Lisa Marie, a besoin de lui.
Blood of My Blood (2007)
, 1h50Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Transport films, La précarité, Road movies, L'émigration
Actors Jesús Ochoa, Eugenio Derbez
Padre Nuestro tells the story of Diego, a young Mexican boy who smuggles himself to Brooklyn to meet his long-lost father, but whose identity is stolen by an impostor.
Rojo (2018)
, 1h49Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Darío Grandinetti, Alfredo Castro
L'action se situe en Argentine, quelques mois avant la junte de 1976, alors qu'il arrive que des familles entières disparaissent de leur quartier. Claudio, avocat et notable de province, connaît une altercation avec un inconnu qu'il humilie dans un restaurant et qui vire au drame plus tard dans la soirée.
Boogie (2009)
, 1h22Origin Argentine
Genres Action, Animation
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Nancy Dupláa, Pablo Echarri
Boogie meets Marcia at a bar, the girlfriend of the mafia Boss Sonny Calabria, who asks him if he finds her attractive. Boogie points that she is fat in a very rude manner, and leaves. Some time later Calabria is sent to trial, threatened by the existence of a mysterious witness who could incriminate him. Calabria's people try to hire Boogie to kill that witness, but as he requests too much money they decide to hire Blackburn instead, a competitor killer. Angered by the situation, Boogie decides to kidnap the witness to force Calabria to pay him. The witness was Marcia, who had changed into a thin figure after Boogie's criticism, causing Calabria to leave her and get together with another fat woman, as he preferred fat women. Marcia falls in love with this seeming hero, despite his constant violence and lack of feelings, until she finds out his true plans. She tries to escape from him, but Boogie captures her back and negotiates giving her up to Calabria.
A Red Bear (2002)
, 1h35Directed by Adrián Caetano
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Soledad Villamil, Enrique Liporace
Oso (Julio Chávez) is sent to prison for a robbery and a murder. After seven years, he is released from prison, and in a flashback, the robbery is seen that led to his arrest. His daughter, Alicia (Agostina Lage), was a year old on the day of the robbery. As a consequence, Alicia never got a chance to get to know her father.
, 1h46Directed by María Luisa Bemberg
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Betiana Blum, Roberto Carnaghi, Mónica Villa, Fito Páez
Une petite fille jolie et intelligente vit en Argentine, protégée par sa mère parce qu'elle est naine. Un riche célibataire en tombe amoureux.
The Invisible Eye (2010)
, 1h37Directed by Diego Lerman
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Actors Julieta Zylberberg, Ailín Salas
Buenos Aires, 1982. Nous sommes à la veille de la guerre des Malouines qui s'achèvera sur le fiasco militaire de l'armée argentine. La dictature des généraux est aux abois. Entre les murs du prestigieux Colegio Nacional, institution d'enseignement secondaire réservée aux enfants de l'élite locale, règne une discipline rigoureuse et cruelle. Une jeune surveillante de 23 ans, María Teresa, est chargée de contrôler sévèrement le comportement de chaque élève, y compris dans les lieux les plus intimes. Sous l'autorité de son supérieur hiérarchique, M. Biasotto, elle fait preuve d'un zèle exemplaire. Elle devient ainsi l'œil invisible de l'établissement. La stratégie de María Teresa : observer scrupuleusement et dans les moindres détails sans risquer d'être vue. Mais, à la longue, ce qui pourrait n'être qu'une règle ou un protocole se transforme en un rituel inconvenant, dans lequel s'accuse une excitation coupable et un trouble lié à une frustration sexuelle. María Teresa devient, à son tour, la victime expiatoire d'un système qu'elle a elle-même avalisé.
The Aerial (2007)
, 1h29Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy
Actors Julieta Cardinali, Valeria Bertuccelli
The movie begins with a pair of hands typing on a typewriter. The denizens of a nameless city "in the year XX" have lost their voices. People communicate by mouthing out words that are spelled mid-air. The only person who has kept the use of her voice is La Voz ("the voice"), a singer working for the sole TV channel broadcast in the city, run by Mr. TV, who desires La Voz. La Voz wears a hood over her head that hides away her face. She has a son called Tomás, an eyeless little kid who nonetheless also has a voice (although this is kept a secret). Tomás lives next door to Ana, whom he one day befriends after a letter addressed to his house is erroneously delivered to hers.
A Place in the World (1992)
, 2hDirected by Adolfo Aristarain
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Federico Luppi, Cecilia Roth, José Sacristán, Rodolfo Ranni, Hugo Arana
The story is set in 1974, following the death of Argentine President Juan Perón. While they live their lives, the characters argue about the country's most controversial subjects at the time: religion, politics, and human rights.