Imagining Argentina
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Drama
Carlos Rueda is the director of a children's theatre in Buenos Aires, a city haunted by the ongoing disappearance of individuals who dare to take a stand against the dictatorship government. He returns one day to find his home empty; his wife, Cecelia, a journalist, has been taken away for writing a controversial article in local paper 'La Opinion'. Carlos meets with others whose loved ones have disappeared and discovers, that in the ... [+]
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"Like 'Life Is Beautiful' before it, Imagining Argentina juxtaposes horrific images of torture and humiliation against gooey optimism and thinks it's saying something profound about human resilience in the process." | ||||
"A powerful and disturbing political drama" | ||||
"Severely marred by a plot device so ludicrous it turns a serious drama into something silly" | ||||
"Fails on almost every level…the film only succeeds in trivializing this shameful era" |
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