Synopsis
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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Cast
- Antonio BanderasCarlos Rueda
- Emma ThompsonCecilia Rueda
- Leticia DoleraTeresa Rueda
- Maria Canals-BarreraEsme Palomares
- Rubén BladesSilvio Ayala
- Irene EscolarEurydice
- Fernando TielveOrfeo / Enrico
- Héctor BordoniPedro Augustín
- Anthony Diaz-PerezPoliceman 1
- Luis Antonio RamosPoliceman 2
Recommendations
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
A powerful and disturbing political drama. - 30
L.A. Weekly
Like "Life Is Beautiful" before it, Imagining Argentina juxtaposes horrific images of torture and humiliation against gooey optimism and thinks it's saying something profound about human resilience in the process. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Severely marred by a plot device so ludicrous it turns a serious drama into something silly. - 20
Variety
Fails on almost every level…the film only succeeds in trivializing this shameful era.
