Category Archives: Argentina

Letting in some fresh air, “Abrir puertas y ventanas” [2011 Argentina]

Milagros Mumenthaler’s début feature, “Abrir puertas y ventanas” [Eng. Title: Back to Stay] is a character study of three siblings coming to terms with familial loss, and trying to fill the vacuum left behind.
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Unfinished business after love – “El Pasado” [2007 Argentina, Brazil]

After some brilliant and ground-breaking films like Pixote and Carandiru, acclaimed Argentinian-Brazilian director Hector Babenco made “El pasado” [Eng. Title: the Past] – a low-key drama focusing on the aftermath of a couple’s relationship.
Sofia (Analía Couceyro) and Rimini (Gael … Continue reading

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Celeste Cid in “El amigo Alemán” [2012 Germany, Argentina]

Jeanine Meerapfel’s “El amigo Alemán” [English Title: The German Friend] is a romantic drama centred around the daughter of German émigrés, and set against the backdrop of some turbulent decades of Argentina’s recent history.
Storyline:
Young Sulamit’s Jewish parents are concerned … Continue reading

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In a world without love (and possibly, logic) – “Mala” [2013 Argentina]

As a screenwriter and director, Adrián Caetano has made some fine and memorable films in Argentina, but his latest crime-fantasy drama “Mala” [Eng. Title: Evil Woman] is likely to be remembered more as an oddity…
It begins with the words, … Continue reading

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The right to live and love even within the jaws of justice – “Leonera” [2008 Argentina]

The 70’s and 80’s may have spawned and subsequently flogged to death an entire sub-genre of exploitative films called Women-in-prison dramas, but just when we thought there’s nothing more left to ‘explore’, comes Argentinian director Pablo Trapero’s Cannes-nominated drama, … Continue reading

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