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Pub. Date
2003
Description
This is a wonderfully touching, beautifully produced, coming-of-age story set on a resplendent ranch in Argentina. Three children from Buenos Aires, Laura, Daniel and Felipe, visit their grandfather on his horse ranch. This summer vacation will remain particularly vivid for Laura and Daniel. Felipe, the youngest, will fondly recall his new puppy, while Daniel's memories will center on the challenges of breaking in his first horse and his friendship...
Series
Film Movement volume 10, film 12
Pub. Date
[2013], 2012.
Description
Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets Mara̕, who only has one name. Based on true facts, set in the Argentina of 1979, this film is "one about love."
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
An Argentine teacher lives in blissful ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her country's government. Over time, she begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political prisoner. When she attempts to unearth the truth, her investigation reveals levels of political corruption so abhorrent that the illusions of her past life are irrevocably shattered.
4) Cautiva
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
"Cristina Quadri's life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school and told that she is really Sofia Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the '70s. Questioning everything she once thought true, Cristina embarks on a journey to find her true identity. Meeting others like herself, the young girl soon discovers the real-life horrors of Argentina's relatively recent past and the nightmare that...
5) Evita
Pub. Date
1996.
Description
True-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve fortune and fame.
Pub. Date
2003
Description
John J. is a seasoned hit man sent on a job to Argentina. When the General he's sent to kill delays his return to the country, John passes the time with Manuela, a beautiful dancer who becomes his teacher and guide into Argentina's sensual world of the tango. Spellbound by the rich and mysterious world Manuela has shown him, his idyll is shattered when the reality of why he's there comes crashing down around him.
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