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Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Buenos Aires, 1977. During the military dictatorship, Francisco Sanctis receives information about two people sentenced to 'disappear.' A quiet middle-aged family man without any political ties, Francisco is stunned by the urgency of his situation. That night he must make a crucial decision: whether or not to risk his own life to save others
2) Viola
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
A dazzling and delightful mystery about love and its follies from filmmaker Matías Piñeiro. VIOLA follows a young woman who joins a small Shakespeare theater company in Buenos Aires and becomes entangled in a seductive roundelay of romantic dalliances, intrigue and revelation. Official Selection at **Toronto International Film Festival** and the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"Piñeiro's bold but graceful camera movements, exploring space...
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"En la ciudad de La Ciénaga (Salta) vive Tali y su marido Rafael, quienes tienen cuatro hijos pequeños. A unos noventa kilómetros se encuentra la finca La Mandrágora, donde se cosechan y secan pimientos rojos, y donde pasa el verano su prima Mecha, una mujer cincuentona, junto a su marido Gregorio y sus cuatro hijos adolescentes. José, el mayor de los hijos de Mecha, vive en Buenos Aires con Mercedes, quien es su compañera de trabajo y a la...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior--both of which still haunt him decades later"--www.imdb.com.
"Benjamín Espósito acaba de jubilarse después de una vida entera como empleado de un juzgado penal. Tiene un sueño largamente postergado: escribir una novela. Para narrarla no pretende inventar nada, al contrario, contraréa...
Publisher
Capitol Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A love story set in Buenos Aires in which a Jewish woman, because of the impending visit from her American brother, is forced to create a contrived relationship with a man of her own faith. Unfortunately, the man she finds is actually a Gentile.
Author
Publisher
Zafra Video
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"Soledad, una muchacha cansada de ser taxista en la infernal Buenos Aires, decide escapar hacia el sur con destino a la Patagonia. En el trayecto sufre un accidente, por lo que pide ayuda a los habitantes del pueblo ms̀ cercano. Ah ̕se da cuenta de que la distancia y el aislamiento los ha trastornado, y quiz ̀sea el viejo cine del lugar, al que le deban parte de su locura"--Container.
A young woman cabdriver, tired of her job and boss, drives...
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Musical romance about Glenda, a rich New Yorker who collects fine horses and Ricardo, an Argentine rancher renowned for his prize jumpers. Their families have been feuding for years so they have to conduct a Romeo and Juliet romance.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Agustin Vicente
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maria is a middle-class teacher living in a deteriorating mansion with her Italian mother. They've rented out rooms for extra money and one of the tenants is Felix, a secret officer assigned to watch her. One day Maria is kidnapped and taken to Garage Olimpo, one of the many undercover detention places at the time, where she is brutally interrogated. Her only hope is through Felix who is in love with her and is willing to do anything to win her approval,...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2013].
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (93 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Patagonia, 1960. A German doctor meets an Argentinean family and follows them on along desert road to a small town where the family will be starting a new life. Eva, Enzo and their three children welcome the doctor into their home and entrust their young daughter, Lilth, to his care, not knowing that they are harboring one of the most dangerous criminals in the world. At the same time, Israeli agents are desperately looking to bring 'the German Doctor'...
Author
Publisher
Cinemateca--Condor Media Inc
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Letterboxed version (1.85:1)
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Recounts the true story of a young Catholic socialite from Buenos Aires, Camila O'Gorman, who falls in love and runs away with a young Jesuit priest, Ladislao Gutierrez, in 1847. Eventually they are found and executed by the repressive government. The film also makes a statement about the affect of dictatorship on personal and political freedom.
Author
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
1985
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An Argentine teacher begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political prisoner as she unearths the truth, her investigation reveals unbelievable levels of political corruption.
13) Pequeǫs milagros
Author
Publisher
[distributed by] Zafra Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Rosalia es una joven introvertida que sufre en silencio por el abandono de su padre y pasa sus da̕s como cajera en un supermecado. Ella sueą con otro porvenir: se cree un hada, que vino a cumplir una misin̤ y qued ̤atrapada entre dos mundos, sin poder volver al reino de donde es oriunda. El destino la coloca frente a Santiago, un fs̕ico solitario, obsesionado en encontrar respuestas de vida en la inmensidad del espacio. Rosalia descubre un da̕...
14) Doña Barbara
Publisher
Urban Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Una historia de pasion, amor y codicia basada en la famosa novela de Romulo Gallegos. Santos Luzardo es un joven abogado que regresa al rancho de su familia con el solo proposito de venderlo y de continuar con su vida. Sin embargo, se pone en contacto con Doña Barbara, una famosa bruja que enreda a Luzardo en un juego de seducción.
Doña Barbara, feared for her witchcraft, becomes involved in a land dispute with Santos Luzardo, a lawyer who has...
15) Absent
Publisher
Instituto Nacional de Cine y Arts
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Sixteen-year-old Martín has a crush on his adult swimming coach Sebastian. After Martín tells Sebastian of his feelings and is rejected, a tragedy occurs, and one of the two is left in a crippling world of 'whaf-ifs' and 'might-have-beens'.
"Martín se lastima un ojo durante una clase de natación. Sebastián, el profesor de gimnasia, lo lleva al hospital. Luego se ofrece a llevarlo a su casa pero no hay nadie, se iba a dormir a lo de un compañero....
Author
Series
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
widescreen; Dolby Digital, NTSC.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A bridge is built over the Paran ̀River connecting two cities in Argentina. As the bridge takes shape, carefree boys grow into teenagers; a mysterious engineer touches the lives of his landlord; and a photographer documents the process of change. No one is prepared for the transformation that begins once the bridge is complete.
17) Cautiva
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cristina's life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school and told that she is really Sofa̕ Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the '70s. Questioning everything she once thought true, Cristina embarks on a journey to find her true identity. Meeting others like herself, the young girl soon discovers the real-life horrors of Argentina's relatively recent past and the nightmare that claimed...
19) Valentin
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Valentin is a nine-year-old boy whose feuding parents have left him to be raised by his eccentric grandmother. He sets out to discover the harsh realities about his parents, while bringing joy to those around him.
20) Anita
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
The story of a young woman with Down syndrome who lives a happy, routine life in Buenos Aires, being meticulously cared for by her mother Dora. One tragic morning in 1994, everything changes when Anita is left alone, confused and helpless after the nearby Argentine Israelite Mutual Association is bombed. As Anita wanders through the city, she learns not only to care for herself, but touches the lives of those around her, from an alcoholic to a family...
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