The South

The South

1988 · 127 min · ES · 6.3 (23 votes)
Dir. Fernando E. Solanas · Starring Miguel Ángel Solá, Philippe Léotard, Lito Cruz, Roberto Goyeneche, Ulises Dumont, Gabriela Toscano · Music Astor Piazzolla
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After the end of the military dictatorship in Argentina in 1983, Floreal is released from prison. Instead of returning to his wife, he wanders through the night of Buenos Aires. He meets some people from his past–most of which are only imaginary–and remembers the events of his imprisonment.

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A ghost of a man drifts through a nocturnal Buenos Aires, haunted by the echoes of a brutal past. It's a somber, introspective journey through memory and loss, feeling like a waking dream of a nation's trauma.

melancholicintrospectivehauntingsomberslow-burnarthousecharacter-drivengritty realismmemorytraumafreedomloss
prisonbuenos airesargentinadictatorshipargentina
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