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Teresa, a former maid, embarks on a journey through the desert. During her first stop, in the land of the miraculous "Saint Correa", she loses her bag with all her belongings. This unexpected incident leads her to cross paths with El Gringo, a traveling salesman and the only person who can help Teresa find her bag. What seemed like the end of her world will ultimately prove to be her salvation. Nominated for a Golden Camera Award and a Un Certain...
2) Cautiva
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Cristina's life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school and told that she is really Sofía 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 claimed...
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"New York, 1998. Santiago Larrea, a wealthy Argentine diplomat, is holding court alongside his wife, Lila, and their daughter, Paloma, a college student and budding jewelry designer, at their annual summer polo match and soiree. All seems perfect in the Larreas' world-until an unexpected party guest from Santiago's university days shakes his usually unflappable demeanor. The woman's cryptic comments spark Paloma's curiosity about her father's past,...
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Buenos Aires, 1977. During the military dictatorship, Francisco Sanctis receives information about two people sentenced to 'disappear.' A quiet middle-aged family man without any political ties, Francisco is stunned by the urgency of his situation. That night he must make a crucial decision: whether or not to risk his own life to save others
5) Lion's den
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Julia gives birth to a son after she is sent to the penitentiary for the murder of her lover. Fellow inmate Marta becomes her ally, while her mother Sofia is her opponent. As Marta attempts to teach Julia how to be a mother in the least appropriate place, her mother attempts to gain custody so the child can grow up outside of prison. The duel between Julia and her mother expresses the dilemma of what is better for the child, life with his mother in...
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The true story of the secret mission led by Peter Malkin, an Israeli intelligence agent, to infiltrate Argentina and capture Adolf Eichmann, Hitler's deadliest lieutenant and the Nazi mastermind behind the plans that sent millions of innocent Jews to their deaths during World War II, and bring him to justice.
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Durante 25 años un crimen ha permanecido imborrable en la memoria de Benjamín Esposito, ahora, en su madurez decide volver sobre esa historia: recorrer de nuevo aquel pasado de amor, muerte y amistad, pero esos recuerdos puestos en libertad repasados unas mil veces, cambiarán su visión de ese pasado, y reescribirán su futuro.
Recently retired criminal court investigator Benjamín decides to write a novel based on a twenty-five-year-old unresolved...
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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.
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An estranged brother and sister discover a hidden diary written by their dying father. It reveals a family legacy of fear and torture. But when past and present begin to collide, the siblings must confront the truth behind the trail of 'the disappeared': 30,000 people kidnapped and murdered under Argentina's military dictatorship, some of whom may have now returned to our world.
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Patagonia, 1960. A German doctor meets an Argentinean family and follows them on along desert road to a small town where the family will be starting a new life. Eva, Enzo and their three children welcome the doctor into their home and entrust their young daughter, Lilth, to his care, not knowing that they are harboring one of the most dangerous criminals in the world. At the same time, Israeli agents are desperately looking to bring "the German doctor"...
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A bourgeois woman is driving alone on a dirt road when she becomes distracted and runs over something. In the days following this jarring incident, she becomes dazed and emotionally disconnected from the people and events in her life. She becomes obsessed with the possibility that she may have killed someone. The police confirm that there were no accidents reported in the area and everything returns to normal. That is until a gruesome discovery is...
12) Evita
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True-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve fortune and fame.
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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 María, who only has one name. Based on true facts, set in the Argentina of 1979, this film is "one about love".
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"Cuatro sofisticados y carismáticos ladrones, Leo, Mónica, Sánchez y Leserio, planean robar 12 millones de dólares y huir a Argentina. El plan transcurre sin problemas, salvo por una excepción: cuando intentan cambiar el dinero a pesos argentinos, de repente son robados por bandidos enmascarados que se adueñan de su botín. Ahora los cuatro ladrones tendrán que averiguar en qué momento su plan fue mal y quién les traicionó"--Container.
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After Ramón loses his job as a restaurant cook during Argentina's economic crisis, his wife Lili suffers a nervous breakdown. They will lose their house unless something drastic is done. Desperate, Ramón accepts a job in Lili's name - and clothes - to serve as a maid to a rich family.
18) Ana y los otros
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Ana is a young woman that lives in Buenos Aires and returns to her native city, Parana, where she meets old friends, makes new ones, revisits her past and begins to rethink her life.
19) La cienaga
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With a radical take on narrative, disturbing yet beautiful cinematography, and a highly sophisticated use of on- and offscreen sound, Martel turns her tale of a decaying bourgeois family, whiling away the hours of one sweaty, sticky summer, into a cinematic marvel. This visceral take on class, nature, sexuality, and the ways political turmoil and social stagnation can manifest in human relationships is a drama of amazing tactility and one of the great...
20) The last suit
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Abraham Bursztein, an 88-year-old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he proposes to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II. After seven decades without any contact, Abraham will try to find his old friend and keep his promise to return one day. Comedic and poignant in equal measure, it approaches its weighty themes with a light touch that illuminates a serious story.
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