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In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.


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.

Antonio Banderas
Carlos Rueda

Emma Thompson
Cecilia Rueda

Leticia Dolera
Teresa Rueda

Maria Canals-Barrera
Esme Palomares

Rubén Blades
Silvio Ayala

Irene Escolar
Eurydice

Fernando Tielve
Orfeo / Enrico

Héctor Bordoni
Pedro Augustín
Anthony Diaz-Perez
Policeman 1

Luis Antonio Ramos
Policeman 2
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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