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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.
Good Life Delivery (2004)
, 1h33Directed by Leonardo Di Cesare
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Oscar Nuñez
This black comedy is about average people who live in González Catán, a working-class suburb southwest of Buenos Aires, and are having a hard time making a living.
The Last Summer in La Boyita (2009)
Directed by Julia Solomonoff
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Actors Mirella Pascual
Au milieu des années 1970, alors que ses parents se séparent et que sa sœur aînée est en pleine adolescence, la jeune Jorgelina doit apprendre à grandir et à accepter les changements. Elle part avec son père dans sa maison de campagne, où elle retrouve le jeune Mario, qui fait lui aussi face à de nouvelles étapes majeures de sa vie.
The Journey (1992)
, 2h20Directed by Fernando Solanas
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Actors Marc Berman, Dominique Sanda, Fernando Siro, Fito Páez
Le jeune Martin abandonne sa Terre de feu natale, à l'extrême sud de l'Argentine, pour un long voyage initiatique en Amérique Latine.
I, the Worst of All (1990)
, 1h45Directed by María Luisa Bemberg
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Assumpta Serna, Dominique Sanda, Héctor Alterio, Lautaro Murúa, Cecilia Roth
In Mexico in the 17th century the Viceroy of New Spain and the newly elected Archbishop discuss how they will rule. The Archbishop sends a letter to the convent where Sor Juana lives informing the abbess that his first official order of business will be to visit their convent and to meet Sor Juana. For the occasion Sor Juana presents a play she has been working on. The Viceroy and his wife, the Vicereine are impressed with Sor Juana's writing. The Archbishop on the other hand is disturbed that the convent is so lax. He secretly meets with a few nuns and persuades them to elect a more formal abbess.
The Hand in the Trap (1961)
, 1h30Directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Actors Francisco Rabal, Elsa Daniel, Leonardo Favio
Laura sort du couvent pour passer l'été dans la vaste demeure familiale. Elle s'étonne que le premier étage soit inaccessible : le bruit court qu'un être monstrueux y est enfermé. Aiguillonnée par la curiosité, Laura finit par découvrir, à sa grande stupéfaction, que sa tante Inés y vit en recluse afin d'échapper au déshonneur causé par la rupture de ses fiançailles. Troublée par cette révélation, Laura, au terme d'une enquête policière, entre en contact avec Cristóbal, l'ancien fiancé de sa tante. Elle est, à son tour, prise au piège du même homme qu'elle a voulu aimer.
The Kidnapper (1958)
, 1h15Directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, L'enfance marginalisée
Actors María Vaner, Leonardo Favio, Osvaldo Terranova, Enrique Pinti
La vie de pauvres gosses d'un bidonville de Buenos Aires. De parents chômeurs, le vol est leur seul moyen de survie. Mais, ils agissent dans un univers hostile et dangereux : deux d'entre eux vendent une statue volée au gardien d'un cimetière qui les escroque. Ce dernier, moyennant argent, autorise, d'autre part, un couple d'adolescents amoureux à pénétrer, de nuit, dans les jardins du cimetière. Là, le garçon est battu et la fille violée par des employés. Le petit garçon Bolita, livré à lui-même, est dévoré par un cochon. Ses frères, ne le voyant pas revenir, s'en prennent au fils du directeur des pompes funèbres, censé être à l'origine de sa disparition, et finissent par le tuer.
The Gaucho War (1942)
, 1h35Directed by Lucas Demare
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Western
Actors Enrique Muiño, Francisco Petrone, Ángel Magaña, Amelia Bence, René Mugica, Sebastián Chiola
In Salta Province in 1817 during the War of Independence, the irregular forces commanded by General Martín Güemes carry out a guerrilla action against the Spanish army. The commander of a Spanish army contingent, Lieutenant Villarreal, is wounded, captured by the guerrillas, and put under the medical care of Asunción, the mistress of an estancia. She finds out from his idenfication paper that the Lieutenant, though serving in the Spanish army, was born in Lima. She persuades him of the justice of liberating America from Spain.
Plan B (2010)
, 1h43Directed by Marco Berger
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Marco Berger
Bruno (Manuel Vignau) is dumped by his girlfriend Laura (Mercedes Quinteros); so Bruno's mind plans a cold, sweet vengeance on Laura's new boyfriend Pablo. Bruno wants to manipulate Pablo to dump Laura by sleeping with her. When that plan doesn't seem to be working, Bruno conceives of "Plan B": seducing Pablo and stealing him away from Laura himself.
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.
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.
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (1998)
, 1h32Directed by Adrián Caetano
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Héctor Anglada, Martín Adjemián, Adrián Yospe
This story takes place in an impoverished district outside Buenos Aires. It tells about a corrupt group of teenage misfits: the not-so-bright Megabom (Alejandro Pous), the asthmatic Pablo (Jorge Sesan), the nerdy Frula (Walter Diaz), and Sandra (Pamela Jordan), the pregnant girlfriend of El Cordobes (Héctor Anglada). All are squatters living together in the same house. The group wanders the city and steal in order to survive.
Clandestine Childhood (2012)
, 1h52Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Natalia Oreiro, Cristina Banegas
Clandestine Childhood a historical film set in the Cold War time period in Argentina referred to as the Dirty War. The main characters in the film are a married couple of Montoneros living in Cuba, and their two children. With the help of their "Uncle Beto" they forge new identities and return to the country to take part in the counteroffensive. The film is narrated from the point of view of Juan, one of their children.
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.
The Road to San Diego (2006)
, 1h38Directed by Carlos Sorín
Origin Argentine
Genres Comedy
Tati Benitez (Ignacio Benitez), is a young man who lives in the Misiones Province, and an Argentine lumberjack who's been laid off at work, now making a living by collecting wood for an artisan named Silva (Miguel Gonzales Colman). Benitez is married to his pregnant wife (Paola Rotela).