Imagining Argentina

Resource Information

The work Imagining Argentina represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nicholson Memorial Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Imagining Argentina

Statement of responsibility

Arenas Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Myriad Pictures present a United Kingdom/Spain co-production of Imagining Argentina Productions Ltd. and Multivideo SL/Arenas E.S. S.L., a Tide Rock Entertainment, Mike's Movies, Green Moon Productions, Myriad Pictures production, a film by Christopher Hampton ; produced by Geoffrey C. Lands, Michael Peyser, Diane Sillan Isaacs, Santiago Pozo ; written and directed by Christopher Hampton

Contributor

• Arenas Entertainment (Firm)
• Green Moon Productions
• Imagining Argentina Productions, Ltd
• Mike's Movies (Firm)
• Multivideo (Firm)
• Myriad Pictures
• Tide Rock Entertainment
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Banderas, Antonio
• Becker, Kuno
• Blades, Rubén
• Bloom, Claire, 1931-
• Canals, Maria, 1966-
• Dolera, Leticia, 1981-
• Hampton, Christopher, 1946-
• Isaacs, Diane Sillan
• Lands, Geoffrey C
• Peyser, Michael
• Pozo Arenas, Santiago, 1957-
• Thompson, Emma
• Thornton, Lawrence, 1937-
• Wood, John, 1930-2011

Subject

• DVDs
• Dictatorship -- Argentina | Buenos Aires -- Drama
• Drama DVDs
• Families -- Argentina | Buenos Aires -- Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

Carlos Rueda is the director of a children's theater in Buenos Aires, a city haunted by the disappearance of thousands who have spoken up against the dictator in power. When his wife, Cecilia, disappears after writing a controversial article, Carlos discovers he has the power to look into the faces of those seeking the missing and see the fate of the people they love.But no matter how desperately he searches for his own wife, he always finds himself one step behind. Pushed to the limits of survival, it's up to Cecilia to find her way to Carlos in a journey filled with danger, horror and suspense

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Guillermo Navarro ; editor, George Akers ; music, George Fenton ; costume designer, Sabina Daigeler ; production designer, Bárbara Pérez Solero

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for violence/torture and brief language

Language note

In English or Spanish with optional Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

PerformerNote

Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Rubén Blades, María Canals, Kuno Becker, Leticia Dolera, John Wood, Claire Bloom

Runtime

108

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action