El Pais del Cine
Movies Mentioned in the Book of Nicolas Prividera,El Pais Del cine of Nicolas Prividera (Editorial Los Rios,2014)
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- DirectorGustavo Mosquera R.StarsHugo SotoJuan LeyradoCharly GarcíaAgainst the backdrop of an increasingly-powerful police state, Miguel returns to Buenos Aires. An innocent bystander, he's shot by a rogue cop, Morea, at a political demonstration. To avoid scandal, the police place Miguel in the hospital as a John Doe, where nurses are drawn to his bedside. A tipster notifies the press and Miguel's father and also phones Morea with threats to expose and even kill him. Meanwhile, Miguel is in a coma, able to hear but not speak. Eventually he rouses himself and begins his own hunt for Morea, who remains calm, cool, and lethal. After the drama of cop, victim, and vigilante plays out, there may be worse times to come.
- DirectorGustavo Mosquera R.StarsMario PasikAlejandrina RestanoAbout the five minute after war: the thought, the sensation, the idea, the questions - our questions.
- DirectorJosé González AsturiasStarsOmar FanucciErnesto Michel
- DirectorCarlos GalettiniStarsGuillermo FrancellaRand McClainAdriana SalgueiroExtermineitors III: La gran pelea final, o simplemente Extermineitors III, es una película argentina cómica-de acción de 1991 dirigida por Carlos Galettini y protagonizada por Guillermo Francella, Rand McClain y Héctor Echavarría. Fue la última película de la saga en la que apareció Echavarría junto a Francella. Se estrenó el 4 de julio de 1991.
- DirectorLeonardo FavioStarsDiego PuenteTino PascaliCacho EspíndolaCHRONICLE OF A BOY ALONE, is an indictment of a fascist regime running roughshod over its most vulnerable citizens, its children. Focusing on the bleak life of eleven-year-old bad boy Polin, who's been abandoned by his family and sent to live in a state-run orphanage, it's also a moving portrait of the human spirit imprisoned by the chains of well-intentioned fools. Inside the harsh confines of the supposedly beneficial institution, Polin and his fellow inmates must deal with constant physical and psychological abuse by the staff, as well as the natural emotional tensions brought on by their own burgeoning adolescence. But through it all, they manage to keep their hopes alive with optimistic talk of freedom and bold plans of escape. One day, when the opportunity finally arises, and Polin learns that freedom, too, has its price.
- DirectorAdolfo AristarainStarsFederico LuppiHaydée PadillaJulio De GraziaTwo coworkers fake an accident to blackmail the company they work for for a sum of money. However, the plan goes awry and one of them dies. The surviving employee demands a compensation, but the company refuses to pay him.
- DirectorRodolfo KuhnStarsMaría VanerAlberto ArgibayMarcela López ReyThe frustrations felt by certain middle class youth in 1960s Argentina under the new presidency of Arturo Frondizi, one of whom works in the media, a criticism of the false moral values of that time.
- DirectorManuel AntinStarsLautaro MurúaFernanda MistralWalter VidarteIsmael is a shy, awkward young man who belongs to a group of conspirators. The leader, Lucas, constantly abuses and ridicules him. Precariously held together by a romantic relationship, Ismael struggles to assert himself.
- DirectorLucrecia MartelStarsRoly SerranoSandra CeballosCarlos AldanaA wife tries to leave her village to get away from her abusive husband.
- DirectorRodrigo MorenoStarsJulio ChávezOsmar NúñezMarcelo D'AndreaA bodyguard of a top politician is so dedicated that he's in danger of losing his own identity.
- DirectorCelina MurgaStarsNatalia Gomez AlarconIgnacio GiménezLucas Del BoA group of children, age 7 through 14, are left home alone at a house in a secluded community in the countryside. Their innocence is gradually corrupted as they experiment with rule-breaking, ultimately leading to house break-ins around the neighborhood.
- DirectorMariano LlinásStarsMariano LlinásWalter JakobAgustín MendilaharzuIn this adventurous experiment in storytelling, secret identities, missing persons, lost treasures, exotic beasts and desperate criminals are only a few of the elements woven into a grand tapestry of mysteries.
- DirectorOctavio GetinoFernando E. SolanasStarsMaría de la PazFernando E. SolanasEdgardo SuárezDivided into three segments, namely 1 Neocolonialism, 2 Act for liberation, 3 Violence and liberation, the documentary lasts more than 4 hours this deals with the defense of the revolution and the revolution of the third world such as the revolt of the students in the United States and Western Europe, Czech citizens protest against the Soviet Union's State bureaucracy and also the revolution that (probably) is unprecedented in Argentina.
- DirectorHugo del CarrilStarsHugo del CarrilAdriana BenettiRaúl del ValleThe Peralta brothers work in the countryside the Alto Parana. There they will meet subhuman working conditions. Finally, the workers rise and harshly punish their exploiters.
- DirectorEsteban SapirStarsBelén BlancoMarcela GuertyFacundo LuengoThomas Roads, a young man who lives in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, a place where there are no shots and black and white is a constant. After learning that his girlfriend is pregnant, is a young lover and a quick exit for problems arises.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torres RíosStarsArmando BoSantiago ArrietaFloren DelbeneThis is the story of a suburb in Buenos Aires, its neighborhood, and how they live together in poverty, conjoined by the games of the children, and the love and support of the grown ups.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsMaría VanerLeonardo FavioLautaro MurúaA group of poor people living on the bare minimum in a slum, trying to survive in a world that seems to have no place for them. With a tone raw and realistic story portrays their daily tragedies, and their struggle to survive.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsElsa DanielLautaro MurúaBerta OrtegosaThe House of the Angel focuses on the ruling class in 1920s Argentina, a deeply repressive society where political arguments were often settled by duels, and young women were expected to be totally ignorant of sex.
- DirectorNahuel GarcíaRamiro GarcíaSheila Pérez GiménezWhen the lights of the city go out, from the outskirts of Buenos Aries, a train arrives in which men, women and children who are excluded from the system travel, who earn their living by collecting what others throw away.
- DirectorLisandro AlonsoStarsMisael SaavedraHumberto EstradaRafael EstradaA man chop down trees, organizes the trunks, clean them, stops to defecate, lunch, nap and continues to sell its timber.
- DirectorLucas DemareStarsEnrique MuiñoFrancisco PetroneÁngel MagañaThe story of the irregular forces on the north of Argentina, fighting against the Spanish Crown for the independence.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsAlfredo AlcónEvangelina SalazarLautaro MurúaThe life story of Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsArturo García BuhrLautaro MurúaGraciela BorgesDuring the infamous decade, the grandson of a conservative leader of the Province of Buenos Aires will get into the affairs of his grandfather and discover a world of corruption.
- DirectorFernando BirriStarsGuillermo Cervantes LuroMaría Rosa GalloFrancisco PetroneEveryday the children of the neighborhood known as "Tire Dié", in the city of Santa Fe, wait for the train to ask for money, shouting "Tire dié!" (toss me a dime!) to the passengers. Considered the first survey-on-film in Latin America.
- DirectorJorge GaggeroStarsNorma AleandroNorma ArgentinaMarcos MundstockA wealthy woman and her live-in housekeeper must adjust their entrenched routine and relationship when Buenos Aires is plunged into economic crisis.,
- DirectorCarlos SorinStarsJavier LombardoAntonio BenedictiJaviera BravoThree people and a baby set off on separate journeys, along the same road; their disparate dreams and stories intertwine amidst the breathtaking deserted Patagonic route.
- DirectorAlberto FischermanRicardo BecherNéstor PaternostroStarsLuis BarrónLeonor GalindoGioia FiorentinoAn exercise in metacinema, this series of sketches has at its center the rivalry between the Players (the good guys) and the expelled Fallen Angels (the bad guys).
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsGraciela BorgesLeonardo FavioMarcela López ReyAdapted from a story by Beatriz Guido. A group of young people from high society are enclosed, for fun, on a terrace in a charming building in Buenos Aires. His parents try to get them out, but young people threaten to jump into the void if adults enter the terrace.
- DirectorAlberto FischermanStarsGianni LunadeiCamila PerisséTina SerranoAn official and a corrupt doctor confronted by the operation of a clinic.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonLeopoldo Torres RíosStarsRoberto EscaladaCarlos ThompsonRaúl De LangeA journalist José Luis Villafane travels to a little town. A problem with your car forced him to stay in a hotel, where they share the room with Carlos Oribe, a copycat poet.
- DirectorFernando AyalaStarsAlberto de MendozaDuilio MarzioOrestes CavigliaIt is the story of a gang of juvenile petty criminals who find their "boss" to one capable of solving their problems and realize their wishes.
- DirectorMario SábatoStarsCarlos AntónCristina BanegasAldo BarberoA man becomes convinced that he is being persecuted by a conspiracy of blind people.
- DirectorMaría Inés RoquéA filmic approach to well-known Argentinian guerilla fighter Iván Roqué by his daughter María Inés Roqué.
- DirectorMartín RejtmanStarsVicenticoValeria BertuccelliFabián ArenillasAlejandro, a cab driver, and his girlfriend Cecilia are in the midst of breaking up when they become adopted by a social group led by a bossy husband and wife team, Sergio and Susana.
- DirectorAlejandro DoriaStarsLuis BrandoniChina ZorrillaAntonio GasallaEach member of this family tries to endorse someone else to care for the old Mother.
- DirectorAdolfo AristarainStarsFederico LuppiSoledad SilveyraUlises DumontThe story of a hitman, a man who kills other people for money, and the dangers that come with the job.
- DirectorAdolfo AristarainStarsPere PonceAitana Sánchez-GijónAchero MañasBarbara, a journalist in the beginning of the 20th century, searches in the border between Portugal and Galicia a bandit called El Argentino. In her travel she meets two men that say that they belong to his gang.
- DirectorAdolfo AristarainStarsFederico LuppiJuan Diego BottoEusebio Poncela19-year-old Argentina Martin has a nearly fatal drug overdose. After that his mother sends him to Madrid, where his film director father (also called Martin) lives with his new much younger lover Alicia and bisexual actor friend Dante.
- DirectorFabián BielinskyStarsRicardo DarínManuel RodalDolores FonziA deluded taxidermist plans the perfect crime.
- DirectorLucas DemareHugo FregoneseStarsFrancisco PetroneLuisa VehilDomingo SapelliIn a pillbox in the middle of the Pampa, its commander Hilario Castro decides to bring women from Buenos Aires, for not deserting soldiers.
- DirectorLucas DemareStarsJacques ArndtThelma BiralMirtha DabnerA doctor is involved in the trafficking of prohibited substances when investigating the death of his wife.
- DirectorMario SofficiStarsFrancisco PetroneÁngel MagañaRoberto FugazotBy 1915, a contractor traveling to Posadas looking for new staff. Among the music and drinks in a bar and shipped to the mill. He is accompanied by a drunken doctor and his daughter. In the mill, injustices and cruelties are accentuated.
- DirectorHugo del CarrilStarsLaura HidalgoHugo del CarrilPedro LaxaltA man who deeply loves his wife, tears before his death by disease . After falling into despair, she embarks on a journey trying to forget but, in Paris, he meets a look-alike of his beloved.
- DirectorEduardo BoneoMario SofficiStarsLibertad LamarqueHugo del CarrilJosé OlarraThe lives, loves and viscisitudes of a group of circus performers in the Argentine Pampas around the turn of the century are played out in this drama with songs.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsElisa GalvéNicolás FreguesVirginia RomayA woman seeks revenge for the death of her father and plans a murder in which the alibi is her own rape.
- DirectorDaniel TinayreStarsMirtha LegrandWalter VidarteAlberto ArgibayA young woman is raped by a gang.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsElsa DanielFrancisco RabalLeonardo FavioA woman uncovers the secret of her aunt's withdrawal from the world and arranges a confrontation with the man who jilted her.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsAlfredo AlcónLautaro MurúaGraciela BorgesThe story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro and his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas some centuries ago.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsAlfredo AlcónNorma AleandroGabriela GiliThe story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsAlfredo AlcónNorma AleandroHéctor AlterioAfter committing a fraud in the company where he works, a man meets a strange character who will introduce you to a group a terrorist attack plot.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsJosé SlavinMarta GonzálezVíctor LaplaceIn an alternative reality, a man who is entering old age faces a society in which the young eliminate the old.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsAlfredo AlcónThelma BiralJosé SlavinA thinly disguised account of the story of the Galiffi mafia family of Rosario, Argentina, their decadent loves and brutal crimes.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsAlfredo AlcónMarta GonzálezJosé SlavinThe life of "El Pibe Cabeza", an authentic Argentine gangster in the '30.
- DirectorManuel AntinStarsDora BaretRicardo BlumeFrancisco RabalTwo men and a beautiful woman are involved in a three-way relationship during a trip to Machu Picchu.
- DirectorManuel AntinStarsAdolfo GüiraldesJuan CarvalledoLuis Manuel de la CuestaThe story takes place in San Antonio de Areco, in the Argentina pampas. Fabio Cáceres remembers his childhood as an orphan and his youth working in the field, next to his godfather, Don Segundo Sombra, a solitary gaucho.
- DirectorManuel AntinStarsClaudio García SaturVíctor LaplaceAlberto ArgibayIt takes place in a bachelor party come to light where unscrupulous, the issues that define the human being: sex, friendship, loneliness, family, and especially hypocrisy, hypocrisy Argentina a very painfully ours.
- DirectorLeopoldo Torre NilssonStarsMarilina RossJuan José CameroMecha OrtizEugenia's parents die. She goes to live with Amalita, her close friend. Her grandmother Amalia Pradere a wealth landlady, takes the orphan under her protection. After a chain of events, disappearing her grandchild, Eugenia will take Amalita's place. She will inherit not only Amalia's possessions but also Ezequiel's love, Amalita's widower.