Summary:
This film is a story of a close, but complex friendship between two women against the backdrop of the military dictatorship. They swear everlasting friendship and promise to become actresses. Twenty years later, Raquel has indeed become a famous Argentine actress. Maria is married to an electrician and has three children.
1976. The military take over the government. Carlos, Maria’s oldest son, is taken away by a special commando. Despairing, Maria turns to her influential girlfriend, Raquel. The two women begin their search for Carlos. The two go to police departments, barracks, official bureaus. But nobody will give them information. And those who ask questions are themselves suspicious. Raquel is also threatened.Read More »
Argentina
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Jeanine Meerapfel – La amiga AKA The Girlfriend (1988)
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Israel Adrián Caetano – Bolivia (1999)
1991-2000ArgentinaDramaIsrael Adrián Caetano

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A Bolivian immigrant working illegally as a cook in a small restaurant in Buenos Aires suffers abuse and discrimination from its customers.Read More » -
Fernando Ayala – Los Tallos Amargos AKA The Bitter Stems (1956)
1951-1960ArgentinaCrimeFernando AyalaFilm NoirA washed up reporter teams up with an immigrant from Hungary to start a fake journalism by correspondence school.Read More »
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Carlos Sorin – El Camino de San Diego AKA The Road of San Diego (2006)
Carlos Sorin2001-2010ArgentinaComedyDrama

A young Argentine learns that soccer star Diego Maradona is ailing in a Buenos Aires hospital, and resolves to bring him a tree root he’s discovered.Read More »
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Various – City Life (1990)
Various1981-1990ArgentinaDocumentaryDrama

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A kaleidoscopic panorama of the world. A visual anthology of twelve short stories by twelve innovative directors from all over the world.Read More » -
Gustavo Fontán – La orilla que se abisma (2008)
2001-2010ArgentinaArthouseDocumentaryGustavo FontánThe movie is a documentary about the argetine poet Juan Laurentino Ortiz, known as “Juan L” or “Juanele”. It’s a story about a travel trought the Paraná river (Entre Ríos, Argentina), where the nature acting (water, birds, air, rain, trees, sun, etc). The film have parts of documentary about Juan L. Ortiz, and can hear his voice talking a reciting a poem. La orilla que se abisma is poetry made image.Read More »
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Raúl Perrone – Ituzaingo V3rit4 (2019)
Raúl Perrone2011-2020ArgentinaExperimentalSynopsis
Perrone returns with a new exploration of his quintessential aesthetic territory, Ituzaingó. This time the night in the western city exudes cinema and theatre. Actors, actresses, directors and producers parade like daffodils from the underworld in a world of jealousy, hypocrisy, idiocy and much more.
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Sabrina Blanco – La Botera AKA Boat Rower Girl (2019)
2011-2020ArgentinaDramaSabrina BlancoTati is fourteen and lives in a shack by the river with her father, who barely takes care of her. She is a moody girl, rejected by her girl mates. Obsessed with becoming a boat rower—a job that has always been performed by men—every day she unsuccessfully tries to ride a boat.Read More »
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Armando Bo – Fiebre AKA Fever (1971)
Armando Bo1971-1980ArgentinaDramaEroticaSandra (Isabel Sarli) was married to a racehorses landowner. They do not love each other. One day, while walking, she meets Jose Maria (Armando Bo), a hard woodsman. They become lovers; and the basis of the relationship is unrestrained sex, irresistible to both. But, after some time, the husband finds out the relationship.Read More »





