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Garage Olimpo

Garage Olimpo

19996.81h 38m

Overview

María is eighteen years old, she lives with her mother in an old house in Buenos Aires in 1978, subletting rooms and giving classes to poor illiterate adults. Suddenly she is abducted by a military squad and finds herself accused of subversion and submitted to torture in the hideous underground of the Garage Olimpo, while her mother desperately tries to find her.

Directed by Marco Bechis
Written by Marco Bechis, Lara Fremder
Produced by Marco Bechis, Amedeo Pagani, Enrique Piñeyro
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Top Cast

Antonella Costa

Antonella Costa

Maria

Carlos Echevarría

Carlos Echevarría

Felix

Enrique Piñeyro

Enrique Piñeyro

Tigre

Pablo Razuk

Pablo Razuk

Tex

Dominique Sanda

Dominique Sanda

Diane

Chiara Caselli

Chiara Caselli

Ana

Paola Bechis

Paola Bechis

Gloria

Adrián Fondari

Adrián Fondari

Rubio

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Marcelo Chaparro

Turco

M

Miguel Oliveira

Nene

Themes & Keywords

politicskidnappingargentinatorturemilitary dictatorship

About Garage Olimpo

Garage Olimpo is a drama film released in 1999 exploring themes of politics, kidnapping, argentina, torture, military dictatorship. Directed by Marco Bechis, it stars Antonella Costa, Carlos Echevarría, Enrique Piñeyro. María is eighteen years old, she lives with her mother in an old house in Buenos Aires in 1978, subletting rooms and giving classes to poor illiterate adults. Suddenly she is abducted by a military squad and finds herself accused of subversion and submitted to torture in the hideous underground of the Garage Olimpo, while her mother desperately tries to find her.

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