Argentina

Quote:
Argentina, 1985, at the trial of the last dictatorship’s military juntas. On the stand, the six judges; on one side, the prosecution, and on the other, the military personnel accused of genocide.Read More »

Luis is a righteous man who begins a struggle and a moral debate with his family, neighbors and close friends when a corrupt municipal official offers a very convenient “arrangement”.Read More »

A world is made of different things: people, houses, dogs, shops, nightlife, trees. Like those of those photographers from the beginning of the 20th century, this trip to Colón, Entre Ríos, documents their present and builds a unique and unrepeatable portrait.Read More »

In a city of the too near future, a city designated for desolation, aggression, and political instability, Miguel Galvan (Hugo Soto) is shot accidentally during a demonstration. This time and space provides a back drop to an intriguing sequence of events where three characters try desperately to survive: the wounded Miguel, an antagonistic policeman (Juan Leyrado), and a foolish vigilante smartly acted by rock star Charly Garcia, who also composed the film’s score.Read More »

Quote:
The city of Aquilea has fallen under siege by sinister forces. A group of middle-aged men, led by a somewhat older man, resolve to mount clandestine resistance to the invaders and defend their city. Meetings are held, maps are studied, strategies are proposed—but can the invasion really be overcome?

Lost for years then rediscovered in 2004, the history of Hugo Santiago’s debut and its magical genre fluidity (is it an avant-garde crime thriller, a political sci-fi?) are the stuff of legend. Co-written by Jorge Luis Borges, who said it “may well be the first example of a new fantastic genre.”Read More »

Jorge lives with Sofia in the middle of the woods. Sofia is not an ordinary woman: she hides a secret that will drive Jorge to make an important decision.Read More »

Lucia is a single parent to a child with Asperger’s. She has a minimum wage job and a very difficult relationship with her mother, but she thinks she can deal with everything on her own. On that day she receives an urgent call form the school: her son hit his head and she needs to pick him up. She anxiously makes her way to the school but when she gets there they tell her that he’s been moved to the hospital. With this development her barely put together life shatters into a thousand pieces. Without being able to calm down and control her asthma attack Lucia must cross the city in her quest to find Mateo. But she will only be able find him if she surrenders control and lets goRead More »

Quote:
An iconic bon vivant, who barely has enough resources to maintain his affluent lifestyle, hires a young woman from Paraguay to replace the recently deceased maid who took care of him for more than 40 years.Read More »

Variety’s Robert Koehler:
Martin Rejtman takes a break from his droll contempo comedies and applies his sharp eye to the docu form with “Copacabana,” a largely non-verbal film about Bolivian emigres living in one of Buenos Aires’ poorest districts. Expectedly for Rejtman watchers, pic (helmer’s first in HD) is exquisitely composed and paced, but what surprises is work’s strong ethnographic qualities — docu records Bolivian folkloric dance performed for the annual Virgin of Copacabana celebration. With a prestigious fest and awards tally, doc’s content, under-hour playing time and Rejtman’s rep makes it a natural for tube play worldwide.Read More »