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Imagining Argentina

Synopsis

Carlos Rueda is the director of a children's theatre in Buenos Aires, a city haunted by the ongoing disappearance of individuals who dare to take a stand against the dictatorship government. He returns one day to find his home empty; his wife, Cecelia, a journalist, has been taken away for writing a controversial article in local paper 'La Opinion'. Carlos meets with others whose loved ones have disappeared and discovers, that in the extreme desperation of people, he can look into their faces and see the fate of those they love. Somehow, he has no idea how, he can see into the past and the future. People flock to him for news of those disappeared. But no matter how hard he tries, he cannot see where Cecelia is, though he can sense where she has been. He tracks her, but wherever he goes, he is always one step behind. Meanwhile Cecelia is planning her own dangerous escape.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Features
Running time
tbc
Director
Christopher Hampton
Producer
Kirk D'Amico, Jose Maria Cunillas
Editor
George Akers
Screenwriter
Christopher Hampton
Director of Photography
Guillermo Navarro
Composer
George Fenton
Principal cast
Emma Thompson, Antonio Banderas

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Myriad Pictures

51-55 Mortimer Street
London
W1W 8HJ
UK

T+44 (0)20 7580 9200

www.myriadpictures.com

Tide Rock Entertainment

MGM Plaza
2425 Colorado Ave, Suite 325
Santa Monica
CA 90404
USA

T+1 310 453 4545

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