Discoveries from Argentina World Cinema

Three rooms, three different moments of a relationship.

A millionaire businessman must deal simultaneously with the kidnap of his wife and his worker's strike.

Between October and December of 2011, while Charly Garcia was celebrating his birthday 60, he performed three concerts; The Vanguard is thus (La Vanguardia es así), Behind walls (Detrás de las Paredes), and El Vigia ange (El Angel Vigia) . The three concert were performed at Gran Rex Theater Behind walls DVD was released in Octuober 29 of 2011, and it contains 20 songs sung by Charly and his crew: Instituciones / Pasajera en trance / Rezo por Vos - Yendo de la cama al living / Necesito tu amor - Hablando a tu corazón / Influencia / 20 trajes de lágrimas / Fantasy / Canción de Alicia en el país / No soy un extraño / No me dejan salir / Cuchillos / Inconsciente colectivo / La sal no sala / Promesas sobre el bidet / Perro andaluz / No llores por mí, Argentina / Rasguña las piedras / Fanky

Documentary about Argentina's victory in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, held in that country during its last dictatorship.

Based on the work of Jose Hernandez, the film tells aspects of the life of the gaucho Martin Fierro.

Experimental documentary short starring Batato Barea and Peter Pank, filmed in July 1991

After months of silence and utter desolation, two women reunite in a hotel room to face the demise of their forbidden love affair. The suspicions and pressures coming from their inner circles have forced them into an atmosphere charged with silenced emotions and shattered dreams. Having reached a crossroads, the two are forced to confront each other and come to terms with their reality.

Carlos Iraldi is a doctor, but his knowledge and above all his enormous curiosity have led him to stand out in different branches of art such as writing, painting and photography. His fame, however, is due to the ingenious instruments he invented and which have served as support for several shows by the Les Luthiers ensemble.

A man feels abandoned because his wife is too busy with her incredible success as a lawyer. Because of this, he ends up falling into infidelity and showing certain contradictions in his wife.

The story of Francisco, a young psychics teacher who starts consuming drugs, his mother, a well known congresswoman and Nina, the woman who will try to save him from a horrible future.

Carlos has just died, but due to the quarantine, the body must stay at his girlfriend Ana's house.

In an era marked by the reign of fluid relationships, through apps and blind dates, Alejo seeks to fill his sentimental void by constantly changing sex partners.

Juan having a coffee. Two old acquaintances who he would prefer not to meet. An anecdote I'd rather not hear. Juan gets lost in better thoughts.

A woman becomes delusional and fails to recognize her husband. She will fall in love with the doctor who is supposed to cure her, believing he is her real husband.

A young man has to go back to his childhood home and a neighborhood that is now unknown to him; a child suffers his father's paranoia and violence; two siblings fight to hold on to the only things they have left. Three stories intersect in what seems to be an endless blackout that will bring out their darkest sides.

In a remote valley in northern Argentina, the local herb of love, Muña Muña, is in bloom. Olga, a 60-year-old nurse, is preparing to say goodbye to her only son, who is about to leave the country, when she meets Stefano, a young French tourist. Their unexpected connection stirs a desire she thought was long lost.

Luis Cardei is, was and will be the last "torcán" of the hundred Buenos Aires neighborhoods. Supported by the love of his family, he manages to overcome hemophilia and fulfill his dream: to be a recognized "torcán" of Buenos Aires.

Luis Cardei is, was and will be the last "torcán" of the hundred Buenos Aires neighborhoods. Supported by the love of his family, he manages to overcome hemophilia and fulfill his dream: to be a recognized "torcán" of Buenos Aires.

Jobless and living with her ex-boyfriend, Catalina lives her life one step at a time.

Vaulting (artistic gymnastics performed on horseback) player Carmen of the women's team. A coach and teammates guide a young girl to a strange rite. However, as they navigate their enigmatic relationships, a subtle tension begins to circulate among them.

In a remote town, a strange death hides a secret.

In Napoleonic times, a passionate Parisian washerwoman becomes Duchess of Dantzig and almost Queen of Westphalia.

Peter Ward is a black singer who arrives to Madrid in 1907. He falls in love with Emma, and he offers her to be her dancer. She is restrained by her racial prejudices which will lead to an inevitable separation between them.

The world as we know it is coming to an end. A girl and a young woman arrive at an abandoned cabin in the woods. They are not alone. They dispute the space with another presence, while a mysterious vibration coming from the atmosphere alerts them.

Paloma is a girl from the neighborhood who dreams of success singing tangos. Until one day, two old friends inherit a mansion in San Telmo where they long to open a bar with Paloma as the star. The endless financial difficulties cannot be resolved with just a strong will, so they decide to turn to Alfredo Lucena, a businessman with important connections. The businessman immediately falls in love with the young woman and decides to help her achieve a successful career. But on her long-awaited debut, Paloma meets Diego, an orchestra pianist who manages to discover the girl's soul.

In the midst of many songs, the young musician misunderstood by his father, the studious and hardworking girl and the family reunion.

A lonely woman marries a man without getting to know him.

Aspects of the life of Juan Facundo Quiroga, a caudillo who for many years ruled the province of La Rioja in Argentina and was assassinated in 1835.

Short documentary about the passion of Argentine Tango. The self-management of street artists who make a living from this dance and its music. The documentary calls young people to visit and frequent "milongas" and other tango places where this dance culturally identifies us as Argentines.

The plot reflects the figure of Pascual Contursi, tango poet. In love with a singer, he leaves his wife and son to go with her. Some time later, the singer leaves him and he composes the tango that gives the film its title.

Caligula, the musical is an Argentine musical tragedy inspired by the life of the Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and ran for four seasons. It was written by Pepe Cibrián and original music by Martín Bianchedi. It premiered in 1983 in Buenos Aires, after the 1976-1983 dictatorship

Three friends at a beach resort work together to stop a gang from making a potion that can manipulate people's desires.

A tour of the ENERC and the people who make it up, telling the importance of the institution and Argentine cinema, and what it means to each of them.

The supposed apparition of a virgin to a religious woman turns an Argentine city into a point of attraction for devout Catholics and a great economic resource for a town hit by lack of employment.

The living and working conditions and the exploitation to which the "axemen" workers are subjected in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, in what was one of the most powerful companies of imperialism.

Two women strike an unlikely alliance after a roadside kidnapping.

As the day begins, a woman sets out to go about her routine, until she decides to take her children to the cemetery to see zombies. When she returns home, this interruption in her day will leave her with a strange and magical feeling.

A group of actors retire to an island in Tigre to rehearse William Shakespeare’s As You Like It and suddenly Luisa, who is playing Rosalinda, makes a bad decision.

Super agents must protect a scientist inventor of a new type of synthetic fuel that works if a certain speed is not exceeded.

An engineer leads an expedition that makes a very dangerous exploration towards the top of the mountains and is blamed when a young member who had displaced him in the conquest of a girl falls into a precipice.

A married couple with three daughters abandons the idea of divorce when a supposed son of the husband appears.

After 5 years, a man returns to his hometown with the intention of taking revenge on those who drove him out and running a recovering shipyard.

A girl commits a crime first by her father and then by criminals.

A mother hires a psychologist to be the father of 3 children, and he performs his role excellently, providing affection.

A wandering man drifts through La Plata's train station, becoming a lens through which we experience various scenes and moments from the Argentine city's daily life.

An experiment, a filmed diary, a photo album, a self-portrait with the tribe. What does an actor do when he has no work? He invents fictions as an act of survival, here I am! I film myself, I film them, my sacred children, so that there is a record, a we were here too.

A portrait of Gabriel Medina, director and screenwriter of "Los paranoicos" and "La araña vampiro". He tells us about his creative process and what he looks for when making movies.

A young man falls in love with a girl who wants to be an actress, but when she succeeds, his feelings towards her change.

Migue, the oldest member of the band Los Chicos, is kidnapped prior to a show. After the concert, the band receives a call telling them the location where they can rescue Migue. They decide to escape police protection and make their way to the port in hopes of finding him.

A journey through the conflicting relationship between a man, his social environment and codes.

The problems of a man who when he goes to see his newborn son is mistaken for an assailant.

In his newly rented apartment, Juan, a comic book fan, waits for a sexy gothic girl to spend the night with. But just before she gets there, a friend shows up, asking for shelter for an unusual reason: he is afraid to become a werewolf. When the full moon rises, Juan sees with horror and dismay how his friend becomes a ridiculous dog-man.

Alberto and Jorge are employees of a pharmacy. One day, by mistake, they give a client a bottle of poison in exchange for a medication that she had to start ingesting 48 hours later. Realizing this, they decide to go out and look for her with the only data they have: her first name, her striking clothing, and that she was driving an imported motorcycle. So they launch into a crazy race against time touring the fashionable places of the Buenos Aires night, helped by a woman who claims to know the mysterious girl on the motorcycle.