Argentinain films in Cannes Competition

History of a woman who lives clinging to her memories and to the mansion to which they are intimately linked.

Biography of the Argentine poet Almafuerte.

Tale of Emilia (Amelia Bence), a famous concert pianist. As a child, Emilia was sexually assaulted by a circus clown (Enrique Diosdado) while the music of Manuel de Fallas' "Ritual Dance of Fire" could be heard from the circus tent. Since that time, Emilia has gone into hysterics every time she hears the de Fallas composition. Making matters worse, the lascivious clown is now her business manager. Exploiting Emilia's fragile emotional state, the ruthless manager dominates the poor girl.

Pablo Urioste is a respected surgeon, but he is forced to experience a nightmarish world after his wife, a marijuana addict, dies at a nightclub. He tells his story to the police, and tells stories of how he is hooked, beaten, blackmailed, and includes some bad-trip flashbacks. Ms. Quiroga tries to help him, but there is little hope for Dr. Urioste after undergoing THE MARIHUANA STORY.

Leandro and the Carancha are inhabitants of the islands of the Parana Delta and agree a pair. They are rough persons done to the hard fight for the life in these places. They have a son who takes to the house a girl; the presence of her provokes the jealousies of the Carancha and his attitude leads dramatists moments.

When her husband is imprisoned for manslaughter, a strong willed woman must work to provide for her family.

An intern experiences a very tough day at the hospital while trying to romance a nurse.

Men and women faced the Indians and their own loneliness in a post in the desert around 1875.

The 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.

Out of the blue, a meek, old painter begins receiving love letters from Rosaura. This intrigues his fellow boarding house tenants, so they involve themselves into his relationship until one day the mysterious Rosaura appears.

A young indigenous couple struggle to survive the oppression they endure while forced to work on a sugar plantation in the Andes.

People of different classes meet on a pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján.

A woman uncovers the secret of her aunt's withdrawal from the world and arranges a confrontation with the man who jilted her.

Cacho Garibaldi is the soccer player of the moment, his goals lead to delirium fans. When an eccentric millionaire named Lupus buys his transfer, he believes he has reached the pinnacle of fame.

Melodrama about a prostitute who remembers her ill-fated romances.

Ismael 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.

The Greek tragedy of Electra is transported to turn of the century Buenos Aires.

A race car driver tries to intervene in his son's engagement by seducing his fiancée.

A married couple uproot their entire family and move to Puerto Rico where the familial tree promptly dies in the face of relentless poverty and depression.

The 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.

In den letzten Monaten der argentinischen Militärdiktatur im Jahr 1983 macht sich eine Gymnasiallehrerin auf die Suche nach der Mutter ihrer Adoptivtochter.

In May of 1945, the news of the fall of Berlin spread to Buenos Aires. Clara is the daughter of a socialist leader named Boris who has died unexpectedly. As Clara learns more about a father she hardly knew, she finds out slowly about his political involvement during the war. There is some unrest in Argentina, and soon, not even Clara's life is free from danger.

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.

Follows the journey taken by 17-year-old Martin through Latin America - by bicycle - from his snow-frozen school in Tierra del Fuego in search of his 'real' father, a cartoonist turned anthropologist believed to be in the Amazon jungle.

Juán returns to his native Buenos Aires after 20 years to visit his dying father and tries to find Ana, his old flame.