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Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina

20035.51h 47m

Overview

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.

Directed by Christopher Hampton
Produced by Diane Isaacs, Geoffrey C. Lands, Raúl Outeda
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Top Cast

Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas

Carlos Rueda

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Cecilia Rueda

Leticia Dolera

Leticia Dolera

Teresa Rueda

Maria Canals-Barrera

Maria Canals-Barrera

Esme Palomares

Rubén Blades

Rubén Blades

Silvio Ayala

Irene Escolar

Irene Escolar

Eurydice

Fernando Tielve

Fernando Tielve

Orfeo / Enrico

Héctor Bordoni

Héctor Bordoni

Pedro Augustín

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Anthony Diaz-Perez

Policeman 1

Luis Antonio Ramos

Luis Antonio Ramos

Policeman 2

Themes & Keywords

1970ssupernaturalbuenos aires, argentinadisappearance

About Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina is a drama, romance, thriller film released in 2003 exploring themes of 1970s, supernatural, buenos aires, argentina, disappearance. Directed by Christopher Hampton, it stars Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Leticia Dolera. 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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