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1) 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...
2) 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.
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.
7) 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...
8) 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....
9) El Mural
Series
Publisher
Distrimax Inc
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Recreates the time Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros spent in Buenos Aires in 1933.
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.
11) 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...
12) The last Elvis
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Most evenings in Buenos Aires, 'Elvis' Gutierrez is a star, his singing and stage presence bring back to life the King of Rock and Roll in all his glory. By day, though, Gutierrez slaves away at a dead-end factory job and endures the scorn of his ex-wife. Only his young daughter, Lisa Marie, brings any joy outside of his Elvis tribute gigs. Feeling more connected to his stage persona than to the world around him, Gutierrez retreats from reality until...
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(89 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Comedy film about a woman who has been jilted by the love of her life, her friend who discovers her lover is a Shiite terrorist, and her ex-lover's crazed wife.
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