Stanislavski has nothing on Sergio, who leads experimental acting workshops for the grade school set. This comedy will forever change the way you look at child actors.Read More »
Argentina
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Federico León & Martín Rejtman – Entrenamiento elemental para actores (2009)
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Armando Bo – Fuego AKA Fire (1969)
1961-1970ArgentinaArmando BoDramaEroticaLaura is a young woman living in a mansion with her reptilian lesbian maid Andrea. She meets and falls in love with Carlos, a man of high society who sees in her a vivaciousness he so longs to have in his life. But little does he know what troubles lie in store for him. Laura suffers from a dangerous case of nymphomania, desiring any man she lays her eyes on.Read More »
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Alberto Dubois – Acosada AKA The Pink Pussy: Where Sin Lives (1964)
1961-1970Alberto DuboisArgentinaDramaExploitationAn attractive songstress lands herself a performing contract and leaves her home in Buenos Aires. She travels to Venezuela, and when arriving in Caracas, she soon discovers that her contract is a hoax made by a major drug baron.Read More »
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Albertina Carri – Las hijas del fuego AKA The Daughters of Fire (2018)
2011-2020Albertina CarriArgentinaArthouseEroticaQueer Cinema(s)Quote:
Three women meet by chance at the end of the world, in Argentinian Patagonia, and set out on a polyamorous journey, caught up in the search for new kinds of relationships, far from possession and pain. They become the Daughters of Fire, a band dedicated to helping those women who look for their own path to erotica.Read More » -
María Luisa Bemberg – De eso no se habla AKA I Don’t Want to Talk About It (1993)
1991-2000ArgentinaDramaMaría Luisa BembergRomanceLeonor, a widow in a small South American town, gives birth to Charlotte, a dwarf. The mother not only provides a rich childhood for her daughter, she erases any clues her daughter might see that would lead her to think she is different (mother burns books such as “Snow White” and destroys lawn statues of gnomes). In short, she doesn’t want to talk about it. The mother succeeds in creating a modern-day Rapunzel: Charlotte becomes an accomplished young woman who captures the heart of Ludovico. But then, the circus comes to town.Read More »
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Raúl de la Torre – Pobre mariposa (1986)
Raúl de la Torre1981-1990ArgentinaDramaHolocaust HistoryQuote:
In May of 1945, the news of the fall of Berlin spread to Buenos Aires. Clara is the daughter of a socialist leader named Boris who has died unexpectedly. As Clara learns more about a father she hardly knew, she finds out slowly about his political involvement during the war. There is some unrest in Argentina, and soon, not even Clara’s life is free from danger.Read More » -
Clarisa Navas – Hoy partido a las 3 (2017)
Clarisa Navas2011-2020ArgentinaDramaLas Indomables await with anxiety the start of a neighborhood women’s soccer tournament. During the wait all kinds of events happen, love, conflicts, politics and even a rain, stalk the passion for which they are there: Play football at all costs.Read More »
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Lola Arias – Teatro de guerra AKA Theatre of War (2018)
2011-2020ArgentinaDocumentaryLola AriasThe Falklands War lasted from April to June of 1982 and took the lives of 655 Argentinian and 255 British soldiers. It ended in Argentina’s military defeat and in territorial claims on both sides that remain contentious to this day.
Thirty-five years after the end of the war, Argentinian artist and director Lola Arias invites veterans to look back – together, either in pairs or in dialogue with the camera. The British and the Argentinians face each other as former enemies, but also form an ensemble, such as when they re-enact a battle scene in an abandoned building that resembles a theatre. Read More » -
Gonzalo Calzada – Nocturna: Lado B – Donde los elefantes van a morir (2021)
2021-2030ArgentinaDramaGonzalo CalzadaHorrorSynopsis:
A woman narrates the final night on earth of a 100-year old man, whom fights for redemption from his life’s misdeeds.Read More »