The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro, his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas. Based on José Hernández's epic poem.
Story that takes place during the so-called War of Paraguay or War of the Triple Alliance.
The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro, his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas. Based on José Hernández's epic poem.
A group of poor people living on the bare minimum in a slum, trying to survive in a world that seems to have no place for them. With a tone raw and realistic story portrays their daily tragedies, and their struggle to survive.
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of the two is the best climber. Roger (the mountaineering expert) states that Martin (the sport climber) wouldn't survive a day on a 'real' climbing expedition, although he is considered to be the world's best sport climber (having just won an indoor 'world championship,' an event depicted in the opening scene). They plan to climb 'Cerro Torre,' in the Patagonia region of South America, near the Argentinian/Chilean border, one of the world's most difficult mountains, especially considering the extreme weather conditions common to the area.
A university student comes to stay with a bedridden woman and her four children. Helping out around the house, she soon grows fond of the mother and children. An attorney falls for the student, but the couple experiences problems when she declines to leave what he refers to as "that lunatic asylum."
Emma and her father spend a few days in an isolated collection of huts in the Argentinian mountains. It is here that they meet Elda, a solitary figure, who will guide them through the world of pagan beliefs and local legend.
Based on a true story, the film narrates the life of a fictitious Peronist union leader who, after years of militancy, gains power in the union during the 1960s and gradually becomes a corrupt bureaucrat.
The story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century.
A teacher arrives to a small village in Santiago del Estero and must educate children against the will of their parents.
Vicente Duarte commits his first crime. The victim is a young, attractive woman whom the criminal had never met. From his initial foray into the world of crime, Duarte feels a kind of inner serenity, which will drive him to continue committing more crimes.
1 History of entanglements in the Bar Almendra in La Plata. 2 A family drama that takes place in a country house. 3 A love story on the outskirts of La Plata 4 Marginality. 5 With love...María José.
A single pregnant teenager goes to live with her uncle, a mediocre entertainer in a seedy cabaret.
In a boring marriage a model-photographer attracts the husband and a young man to the woman.
Tells the story, in the key of comedy of customs, of a typical bourgeois home in Buenos Aires for three decades.
At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, a single mother tells the story of how alcoholism destroyed her personal and professional life.
After committing a fraud on the company where he work, a man meets a strange character who will introduce him to a group that plot a terrorist attack.
A doctor is involved in substance trafficking while investigating the death of his wife.
A prostitute tries to communicate with one of her lovers who died in a duel, but who appears to him is his other lover, greater than the previous one, died in the same duel.
A couple of university students face the dilemma of abortion.
Marcelo makes a living as a painter in a Buenos Aires square, with other street artists. Rejected and lonely as a result of his family's break up, he devotes himself to his girlfriend, and dreams of a happy future together with her. She, however, has other plans, which, along with Marcelo's discovery of the reasons for his family's separation, create increasing conflicts between them, and make Marcelo face reality more clearly.
In a remote South American colony in the late 18th century, officer Zama of the Spanish crown waits in vain for a transfer to a more prestigious location. He suffers small humiliations and petty politicking as he increasingly succumbs to lust and paranoia.
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