Overview
Set during the unsettling disappearances in Buenos Aires during the dictatorship of the 1970s, the film involves theater director Carlos Rueda and his wife Cecilia. Shortly after Cecilia writes an editorial commentary questioning the mysterious abductions, she is herself abducted and taken into police custody.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on Imagining Argentina
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Filming locations
Filmed in Almería, Madrid and Buenos Aires
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Setting
Set in Argentina
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Music
Music by George Fenton
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Guillermo Navarro
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Lawrence ThorntonNovel
- Christopher HamptonWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 13, 2003
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Antonio BanderasCarlos Rueda
Emma ThompsonCecilia Rueda
Leticia DoleraTeresa Rueda
Maria Canals-BarreraEsme Palomares
Rubén BladesSilvio Ayala
Irene EscolarEurydice
Fernando TielveOrfeo / Enrico
Héctor BordoniPedro Augustín- Anthony Diaz-PerezPoliceman 1
Luis Antonio RamosPoliceman 2
Carlos KaniowskyRubén Mendoza
Stella MarisConcepta Madrid
Concha HidalgoOctavio Marquez's Grandmother
Ana GraciaHannah Masson- Horacio ObónVictor Madrid
Amparo ValleJulia Obregon's Mother
John WoodAmos Sternberg
Claire BloomSara Sternberg
María Nydia UrsiPlaza Mother- Elvira VillarinoPlaza Mother
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