Imagining Argentina (2003)

Director:

Christopher Hampton

Writers:

Lawrence Thornton (novel)
Christopher Hampton (writer)

Release Date:

12 September 2003 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

An extraordinary story of love, compassion and danger.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Argentina | Buenos Aires | Compassion | Journalist | Love

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Irene Escolar	...	Eurydice
Fernando Tielve	...	Orfeo / Enrico
Hector Bordoni	...	Pedro Augustín (as Héctor Bordoni)
Antonio Banderas	...	Carlos Rueda
Emma Thompson	...	Cecilia Rueda
Maria Canals-Barrera	...	Esme Palomares (as Marí'a Canals)
Rubén Blades	...	Silvio Ayala
Leticia Dolera	...	Teresa Rueda
Anthony Diaz-Perez	...	Policeman 1 (as Anthony Díaz Pérez)
Luis Antonio Ramos	...	Policeman 2
Carlos Kaniowsky	...	Rubén Mendoza (as Carlos Kaniowski)
Stella Maris	...	Concepta Madrid
Concha Hidalgo	...	Octavio Marquez's Grandmother
Ana Gracia	...	Hannah Masson
Horacio Obón	...	Victor Madrid

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/torture and brief language.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

Spain | UK | USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | Philippines:R-18 | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Company:

Multivideo

Trivia:

When it became clear that two additional scenes would help the script, a) the quarrel about whether Cecilia should publish her article and b) the flashback scene why the Cecilia and Carlos got married, there was a little competition going on between 'Christopher Hampton' and 'Emma Thompson' , who both wrote their versions of those scenes. Emma Thompson's version of the flashback scene finally was agreed on.

Excellent movie, Bandera's finest performance

Dear iggimarco, Coming from a country that has a similar past with Argentina i can say that the movie touch me deeply like you. Greece experienced its 7 years of cruel dictatorship 1967-1974. Seven long years that left too many scars.

Every now and then i will hear someone of my family talking about the suffer of those years although they rarely talk about what they've been through.

Indeed those who don't know, who are lucky (or not) enough to come from countries that never experienced that kind of horror will judge the movie based on script, lighting, acting etc. Those who know will feel the movie evoking all those feelings of deep sorrow and pain.

Movies like this should always be made. It is another way to maintain memory of the fallen alive and to make sure that...never again (as the movie tells us in the end)