Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina

2003 · 107 min · EN · 5.5 (40 votes)
Dir. Christopher Hampton · Starring Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Leticia Dolera, Maria Canals-Barrera, Rubén Blades, Irene Escolar · Music George Fenton
DramaRomanceThriller

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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A dreamlike, haunting drama that blends supernatural elements with the stark reality of political terror. It feels like a whispered secret, a melancholic meditation on love and loss amidst oppressive silence, leaving you with a lingering sense of unease.

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