Antonio Grimau Movies
Adapted from a novel by Leandro Siciliano, this Argentinian crime-thriller was directed by Alberto Lecchi and tells the story of a deranged serial killer. The metropolis of Buenos Aires is being terrorized by a brutal rapist and murderer who preys on a different woman every Wednesday. As the list of victims grows, the authorities grow more desperate to put an end to the carnage. Secretos compartidos stars Victor Laplace and Leonor Benedetto. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
An unlikely pair of outlaws take to the highway and become criminal folk heroes in this satiric comedy. Jose (Hector Alterio) is a 70-year-old anarchist who deposited $15,000 in a bank 20 years ago and wants to withdraw the money; however, he doesn't have the paperwork, and the bank staff keeps giving him the runaround. So he takes drastic measures: he arrives at the bank one day with a gun, and, pointing the pistol at his head, he announces that he'll blow his brains out if he doesn't get his money. Pedro (Leonardo Sbaraglia), a 23-year-old clerk working at the bank, is unhappy with his job and his life, and he impulsively announces that Jose has taken him hostage; they end up leaving the bank with $500,000, and they hit the road with both cops and reporters following their trail. Jose and Pedro seem like an odd team at first, but friendship and respect grow between them as they travel the backroads, spending some of the money, handing some of it out to poor people along the way, and sending occasional videotaped messages to the media. They also pick up a woman named Ana (Cecilia Dopazo), whose tough demeanor is intimidating but fits the situation perfectly; Pedro soon finds himself attracted to her as she joins in their low-level crime spree. Caballos Salvajes was the debut feature from Argentinean director Marcelo Pineyro, who became one of the most acclaimed young directors in South America on the basis of this and his second film, Cenizas del Paraiso. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Héctor Alterio
- 1986
An experimental film that runs on one repetitive theme, this non-tale by Carlos Orgambide is a pictorial rendition of the ills of Argentine society. Set in a large house peopled with every type of citizen, activities that expose a disturbed and disturbing society go on from the bottom floor to the top. On the top floor a young man is tied to a bed and subjected to various tortures by a weird group of misfits. On the bottom floor a custodian dreams of his day on the cabaret scene as he mops up the present. Each individual is looking out for Number One and refuses to get involved trying to help anyone else. Meanwhile, children run up and down the stairs viewing the activities in the building and try to warn their elders about what is happening -- they are the ones who cannot sleep because they are upset by what they see around them. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Elsa Berenguer
- 1983
Set far in the northwestern Argentine province of Salta, in the Andes mountains, this story is about a man with a wife and son, who shovels sand from a riverbed for a living in spite of his wife's protestations that better, more steady work nearer to home would be best for all of them. His independent spirit carries the day, but too slowly for most viewers. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- 1974
This is an original movie based on a popular Argentine television soap opera. In the movie, after he is widowed by his second wife, Rolando runs into his first wife Monica, and they fall in love once again. He has some trouble with the natural father of his adopted child, and Monica, under the impression that she brings Rolando bad luck, sadly prepares to leave. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
