Imagining Argentina (2003)
- Starring:
- Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, (more)
- Director(s):
- Christopher Hampton
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Drama
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Accomplished British screenwriter Christopher Hampton directs the political drama Imagining Argentina, based on the novel by Lawrence Thornton. Set during the unsettling disappearances in Buenos Aires during the dictatorship of the 1970s, the film involves theater director Carlos Rueda (Antonio Banderas) and his wife Cecilia (Emma Thompson). Shortly after Cecilia writes an editorial commentary questioning the mysterious abductions, she is herself abducted and taken into police custody. Soon Carlos develops the supernatural ability to see into the future and he imagines his wife meeting an awful fate during an escape attempt. To make matters worse, their teenage daughter Teresa (Leticia Dolera) is also kidnapped. Imagining Argentina was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 2003 Venice Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 108 mins
Complete Cast:
- Antonio Banderas - Carlos Rueda
- Rubén Blades - Silvio Ayala
- Leticia Dolera - Teresa Rueda
- John Wood - Amos Sternberg
- Anton Lesser
- Emma Thompson - Cecilia Rueda
- Maria Canals - Esmerala Palomares
- Kuno Becker - Gustavo Santos
- Claire Bloom - Mrs. Sternberg
- Director(s):
- Christopher Hampton
- Writer(s):
- Christopher Hampton
- Producer(s):
- Santiago Pozo, Diane Sillan Isaacs, Geoffrey C. Lands
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Violence, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Drama
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