by Atzin Ortiz, Contributing Blogger Writer-director Ana Piterbarg has a very ambitious plan for her debut: making a big budget (around 3 million dollars, co-produced with Fox International), crowd-pleasing existential thriller starring a Spanish-speaking Viggo Mortensen in a double role. Despite her best intentions, and having a top notch pedigree onboard, “Todos Tenemos Un Plan” … Continue reading »
by Cecilia Baron, contributing blogger Anima Buenos Aires, directed by María Verónica Ramírez in collaboration with major Argentina graphic artists Pablo Faibre, Florencia Faivre ( Meado por los perros), Pablo Rodríguez Jauregui (Claustrópolis ), Carlos Nine (Bu-Bu ) and Caloi ( Mi Buenos Aires herido) interlaces four evocations of a mythical Buenos Aires. Each story … Continue reading »
by Atzin Ortiz González, contributing blogger Milagros Mumenthaler’s solid debut “Abrir Puertas y Ventanas” has already gained the attention of critics throughout the world (it won Best Film and Best Actress for María Canale at the Locarno Film Festival, it has screened at Toronto, Guadalajara, La Havana, just to name a couple of festivals). Her … Continue reading »
by Atzin Ortiz González, contributing blogger The first solo film by director Tamae Garateguy, (she co directed “UPA! Una película argentina” in 2006) is a rarity within the Argentinean cinema: a genre flick that moves between the homage and the parody, a movie within a movie, a gore fest, and a meta-comentary about cinema, which … Continue reading »
by Amy Ramirez, contributing blogger Juan y Eva is a re-telling of the love story between Argentina’s most famous politicians, President Juan Domingo Perón and Eva “Evita” Duarte. The film takes place after the earthquake on January 1944 in San Juan which leads Colonel Juan Perón to meet radio actress Eva Duarte at a relief … Continue reading »
by Tracey Chandler, contributing blogger Read the in-depth interview on Expat Daily News that Ginger Gentile gave about the documentary film “Goals for Girls: The Movie,” that is being filmed at present by San Telmo Productions, Buenos Aires. http://www.expatdailynewssouthamerica.com/2010/06/expat-interview-with-documentary.html The interview is really detailed and shares a lot of information about the current film project … Continue reading »
by Tracey Chandler, Contributing Blogger “Rompecabezas,” (or jigsaw puzzle) starring Maria Onetto, Gabriel Goity and Arturo Goetz, is written and directed by Natalia Smirnoff and is yet another example of excellent Argentine film-making. Winner of the 2010 , the film is, quite simply, beautiful. The way in which the camera is operated from the very … Continue reading »
I just saw this trailer featuring two beautiful young actresses, Emme and Celeste Cid (Ms. Cid is a very famous television actress, and I think every man in Argentina has a crush on her) in a movie about an underground cabaret. . . The photography is excellent! Eva’s father disappeared during the military dictatorship. Eva … Continue reading »
