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Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina

★ 5,7 /10 (58 Votes)
2003 EN 107 min

Overview

Set during the unsettling disappearances in Buenos Aires during the dictatorship of the 1970s, the film involves theater director Carlos Rueda and his wife Cecilia. Shortly after Cecilia writes an editorial commentary questioning the mysterious abductions, she is herself abducted and taken into police custody.

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Release date

13/09/2003

Votes

58

Popularity

3.1

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

107 min

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas

Carlos Rueda

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Cecilia Rueda

Leticia Dolera

Leticia Dolera

Teresa Rueda

Maria Canals-Barrera

Maria Canals-Barrera

Esme Palomares

Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades

Silvio Ayala

Irene Escolar

Irene Escolar

Eurydice

Fernando Tielve

Fernando Tielve

Orfeo / Enrico

Héctor Bordoni

Héctor Bordoni

Pedro Augustín

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Anthony Diaz-Perez

Policeman 1

Luis Antonio Ramos

Luis Antonio Ramos

Policeman 2

Carlos Kaniowsky

Carlos Kaniowsky

Rubén Mendoza

Stella Maris

Stella Maris

Concepta Madrid

Concha Hidalgo

Concha Hidalgo

Octavio Marquez's Grandmother

Ana Gracia

Ana Gracia

Hannah Masson

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Horacio Obón

Victor Madrid

Amparo Valle

Amparo Valle

Julia Obregon's Mother

John Wood

John Wood

Amos Sternberg

Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom

Sara Sternberg

María Nydia Ursi

María Nydia Ursi

Plaza Mother

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Elvira Villarino

Plaza Mother

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Araceli Dvoskin

Plaza Mother

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Susana Salerno

Plaza Mother

Anahí Martella

Anahí Martella

Plaza Mother

Kuno Becker

Kuno Becker

Gustavo Santos

Anton Lesser

Anton Lesser

General Guzmán

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Marzenka Novak

Sasha

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Ernesto Hernández

Duarte

Abián Vainstein

Abián Vainstein

Ernesto Souza

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Héctor Malamud

Stallholder

Pochi Ducasse

Pochi Ducasse

Church Mother

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Alicia Palmes

Church Mother

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Liz Balut

Church Mother

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Teresa Mejias

Nun

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Carola Noriega

Nun

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Dan Trugman

Lieutenant

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Andrés González

Tango Dancer

Eusebio Lázaro

Eusebio Lázaro

Pereira

Vera Czemerinski

Vera Czemerinski

Prisoner

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María Borrego

Nurse

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Leonardo Azamor

Prison Guard

Muni Seligmann

Muni Seligmann

Guzman's Daughter

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Paris Galindo

Children Theatre Player

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Marcos García Tizón

Children Theatre Player

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Javier Garcia-Villaraco

Children Theatre Player

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Yaiza Garzón

Children Theatre Player

David Velduque

David Velduque

Children Theatre Player

José Glusman

José Glusman

Avrom Sternberg

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Deborah Kors

Señora Madrigal

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Débora Cuenca

Girl 1

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Eliana González

Girl 9

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Gonzalo San Martín

Interrogation Officer

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2022-09-13

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Imagining Argentina could only be imagined by a perversely ignorant mind. Since its director/screenwriter is Christopher Hampton, who before and after has adapted the screenplays of Dangerous Liaisons, Mary Reilly, The Quiet American, and The Father, I can only blame Lawrence Thornton, whose novel inspired (though perhaps a better word would be instigated) this vile piece of crap. The film takes place in 1977, in an Argentina where everyone speaks English with a wide range of Hispanic and Latin American accents, none of which sound remotely Argentinian. The exception is Emma Thompson, who u…

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