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Films from the country "argentine", sorted by revenue
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Kamchatka (2002)
, 1h46Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Ricardo Darín, Cecilia Roth, Héctor Alterio, Leticia Brédice, María Socas
The film is seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, Harry (Matías del Pozo), who does not know that Argentina's 1976 coup d'état is impacting his life.
Burnt Money (2000)
, 2h5Origin Argentine
Genres Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Eduardo Noriega, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Leticia Brédice, Pablo Echarri, Dolores Fonzi, Carlos Roffé
The setting is Argentina, 1965. El Nene (Leonardo Sbaraglia), a petty thief, and Angel (Eduardo Noriega), a drifter, meet in the bathroom of a Buenos Aires subway station, and from that moment they are inseparable. They become known as "the twins", but their relationship is in fact that of lovers and, soon, as partners in crime. At a point when their relationship is already turning difficult, the plot sets in.
The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
, 2h7Directed by Juan José Campanella
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Politique, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Guillermo Francella, Pablo Rago, Mariano Argento, Carla Quevedo
Retiree Benjamín Espósito is having trouble getting started on his first novel. He pays a visit to the offices of Judge Irene Menéndez-Hastings to tell her about his plans to recount the story of the Coloto case, the one they both worked on 25 years before, when she was his new department chief and he was the federal agent assigned to the case. She suggests he start at the beginning.
Wild Tales (2014)
, 2h2Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Darío Grandinetti, Nancy Dupláa, María Onetto, Érica Rivas
Two plane passengers discover that they know a man named Pasternak: the woman is his former girlfriend, and the man is a music critic who savagely reviewed his work. They discover that everybody on the flight is connected to Pasternak. An air stewardess reveals that Pasternak is the plane's pilot and has locked himself into the cockpit. Pasternak crashes the plane into his parents' house.
The Clan (2015)
, 1h52Directed by Pablo Trapero
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Actors Guillermo Francella, Juan Pedro Lanzani
The story is based on the case of the Puccio family, who kidnapped four people in Buenos Aires in the 1980s, murdering three of them.
Ay Juancito (2004)
, 1h55Directed by Héctor Olivera
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Leticia Brédice, Norma Aleandro, Natalie Pérez, Alejandro Awada, Maida Andrenacci
The film is about the life of Juan Duarte, Eva Perón's brother and a political officer during Juan Domingo Perón's first presidency.
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
, 2h6Directed by Walter Salles
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Political films, Road movies
Actors Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mercedes Morán, Jean-Pierre Noher, Facundo Espinosa, Mía Maestro
"The Che of The Motorcycle Diaries is more akin to Jack Kerouac or Neal Cassady than Marx or Lenin."— Paul Webster, executive producer
Nine Queens (2000)
, 1h54Directed by Fabián Bielinsky
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Ricardo Darín, Leticia Brédice, Oscar Nuñez, Alejandro Awada, Claudio Rissi
The film opens at a convenience store early in the morning. Juan, a con artist, successfully scams the cashier, but later messes up by attempting the same scam again on the next shift. Marcos, who has been observing the whole time, steps in pretending to be a police officer and takes Juan away. As soon as they are far enough from the shop, Marcos tells Juan he is not actually a cop but a fellow con man. Juan asks Marcos to show him the ropes, because his father, also a con man, is in jail and he needs to raise money quickly to bribe a judge to reduce his father's sentence from 10 years to 6 months.
Truman (2015)
, 1h48Directed by Cesc Gay
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Ricardo Darín, Javier Cámara, Dolores Fonzi, Àlex Brendemühl
Julián reçoit la visite impromptue de son vieil ami Tomàs, installé au Canada. Tous deux, ainsi que Truman le chien fidèle de Julian, passent quatre jours ensemble, faits de souvenirs, d'émotion et de surprises intenses, amplifiés par la grave maladie de Julian.
Son of the Bride (2001)
, 2h3Directed by Juan José Campanella
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Natalia Verbeke, Juan José Campanella, Alfredo Alcón
The film tells of Rafael Belvedere (Ricardo Darín), a 42-year-old divorced restauranteur, with a young daughter named Vicky (Gimena Nóbile) of whom he has joint custody. Rafael lives a very hectic lifestyle.
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
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.
Padre Nuestro (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.
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.
Alanis (2017)
, 1h22Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Sofía Gala
Alanis est une jeune femme à Buenos Aires. Elle est mère d'un petit garçon, et travailleuse du sexe.
Extraordinary Stories (2008)
, 4h5Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Actors Daniel Hendler, Juan Minujin
X tue accidentellement un homme, H est chargé d'une mission qu'il ne comprend pas, Z est obsédé par la vie d'un mort. X, H et Z sont les protagonistes, sans nom ni passé, de trois histoires extraordinaires qui bifurquent à l'infini.