Imagining Argentina

2003
15
1h 47m

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Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson in Imagining Argentina (2003)

A man has the power to see the fate of missing people - with the exception of his own beloved wife.A man has the power to see the fate of missing people - with the exception of his own beloved wife.A man has the power to see the fate of missing people - with the exception of his own beloved wife.

Director
- Christopher Hampton
Writers
- Lawrence Thornton
- Christopher Hampton
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Christopher Hampton
Writers
- Lawrence Thornton
- Christopher Hampton
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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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 Cecilia and Carlos got married, there was a little competition going on between Writer and Director Christopher Hampton and Dame Emma Thompson, who wrote their versions of those scenes. Thompson's version of the flashback scene was finally agreed on.

Goofs
When Cecilia is seen by Carlos in the roof of "Casa Rosada", there is a modern surveillance camera near the characters. Those cameras were not available in 1976.

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8/10

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)