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The South ()

Sur (original title)
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The movie starts while Floreal, the main protagonist, was being released from the prison when the military coup ended in 1983. He is estranged to his former life because of his last few years in prison and especially discovering his wife... See more »

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Rosi Echegoyen
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Floreal Echgoyen
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Roberto
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El Negro
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Emilio
Roberto Goyeneche ...
Amado
Gabriela Toscano ...
Blondi
Mario Lozano ...
Echegoyen
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Rasatti
Tito Ameijeiras ...
Peregrino (as Antonio Ameijeiras)
Inés Molina ...
María (as Inés Molina Villafañe)
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Marcelo
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Adela
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La mère de Floreal
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Cora
Ricardo Alaniz ...
Arturito
Luis Romero ...
Yacumin
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El Tordo
Carlos Olivieri ...
Flaco
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ricardo Alanis ...
Arturito Rasatti
Paulino Andrada
Giancarlo Arena

Directed by

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Fernando E. Solanas

Written by

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Fernando E. Solanas ... (writer)

Produced by

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Envar El Kadri ... producer
Patricia Novat ... producer
Pierre Novat ... producer
Sabina Sigler ... executive producer
Fernando E. Solanas ... producer

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Astor Piazzolla
Fernando E. Solanas

Cinematography by

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Félix Monti

Editing by

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Juan Carlos Macías
Pablo Mari

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Jorge Firdman ... assistant editor

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Fernando E. Solanas

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Fernando E. Solanas

Set Decoration by

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Óscar Escanilla

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Alberto Moccia ... key hair stylist

Production Management

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Dolly Pussi ... (segment "1") production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Gaspar Noé ... assistant director
Ana Poliak ... assistant director

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Hermenegildo Sabat ... draughtsman

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Daniel Fainzilber ... sound
Aníbal Libenson ... sound
Vito Melillo ... sound

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Juani Bousquet ... digital restoration technician

Camera and Electrical Department

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Juan José Fernández ... electrician
Juan Solanas ... still photographer (as Juan Diego Solanas)

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Astor Piazzolla ... musician
Fito Páez ... composer: themes
Aníbal Troilo ... composer: themes

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Plot Summary

The movie starts while Floreal, the main protagonist, was being released from the prison when the military coup ended in 1983. He is estranged to his former life because of his last few years in prison and especially discovering his wife has cheated on him soured their relation. He is not sure if he wants to go back to his old life and family. Wandering through the night his old friend "El-Negro" appears in the dark. He announces that he was assassinated during the military coup and he is a dead man now. But he has a special mission this night and he is back for this special occasion: To help Floreal catch up fast and face with his life and his time in prison. El-Negro helps him to watch through the important events happened in his absence. He confronts some people of importance to him as he wanders around through the night while his wife is waiting for him anxiously thinking he might never come back. During the long night El-Negro helps him to get past with his anger, makes him to understand the difficulties in such a controversial time and how military coup crushes people's lives and even killing a some of them relentlessly. Finally during the dawn, El-Negro announces that he is ready to go on with his life now and he must be back. Floreal figures that he must be strong and continue his life where he left off like his coup stricken country. Written by Kerem ERSOY kerem@sibernet.com.tr

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Also Known As
  • Le sud (France)
  • The South (United States)
  • Güney (Turkey, Turkish title)
  • Etelän kaipuu (Finland)
  • Dél (Hungary)
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  • 127 min
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Trivia This film's dedicated to great Kurdish filmmaker Yilmaz Güney. Besides Güney means "south" in Turkish. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Pichuco (2014). See more »

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