Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina

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Imagining Argentina

2003

1h 47m

5.5(52 votes)

Drama

Romance

Thriller

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.

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Production Companies

Myriad Pictures

Cast & Crew

18 members

Acting

Antonio Banderas

Carlos Rueda

Antonio Banderas

Acting

Emma Thompson

Cecilia Rueda

Emma Thompson

Acting

Leticia Dolera

Teresa Rueda

Leticia Dolera

Acting

Maria Canals-Barrera

Esme Palomares

Maria Canals-Barrera

Acting

Rubén Blades

Silvio Ayala

Rubén Blades

Acting

Irene Escolar

Eurydice

Irene Escolar

Acting

Fernando Tielve

Orfeo / Enrico

Fernando Tielve

Acting

Héctor Bordoni

Pedro Augustín

Héctor Bordoni

Acting

Anthony Diaz-Perez

Policeman 1

No Image

Acting

Luis Antonio Ramos

Policeman 2

Luis Antonio Ramos

Acting

Carlos Kaniowsky

Rubén Mendoza

Carlos Kaniowsky

Acting

Stella Maris

Concepta Madrid

Stella Maris

Acting

Concha Hidalgo

Octavio Marquez's Grandmother

Concha Hidalgo

Acting

Ana Gracia

Hannah Masson

Ana Gracia

Acting

Horacio Obón

Victor Madrid

No Image

Acting

Amparo Valle

Julia Obregon's Mother

Amparo Valle

Acting

John Wood

Amos Sternberg

John Wood

Acting

Claire Bloom

Sara Sternberg

Claire Bloom

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