80s Argentinean Cinema
25 films that provide an overview of the decade that saw the return of democracy and the end of censorship. In chronological order. My criteria: Argentinean productions or co-productions, made during the 80s, in Spanish. The idea is to give an overview of different genres and styles. Hence the inclusion of films that may not be cinematic masterpieces, but which nevertheless represent a particular approach. Let me justify, as an example, the two films that are below the 5-star rating. _Correccional de mujeres_ is an excellent example of exploitation cinema (excuse the alliteration) by Emilio Vieyra, our own homegrown Ed Wood. _Las locuras del extraterrestre_, for its part, may be ridiculous, but it is funny as hell, and a great example of the family comedy/parody (it is also the first Argentinean film I ever saw). Finally, let me point out for the sake of accuracy an exception to the "post-censorship" situation: _Kindergarten_ is notorious for being--among many other things--the only film hindered by censorship in Argentina after the fall of the last military government. It was released in 2010, that is, 21 years after it was produced. Enjoy!
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- DirectorAdolfo AristarainStarsFederico LuppiHaydée PadillaJulio De GraziaTwo coworkers fake an accident to blackmail the company they work for for a sum of money. However, the plan goes awry and one of them dies. The surviving employee demands a compensation, but the company refuses to pay him.
- DirectorFernando AyalaStarsFederico LuppiJulio De GraziaGianni LunadeiA man meets a former teammate of military service that offers a sweet deal. The money starts coming in abundance, but things change from one day to the other.
- DirectorMaría Luisa BembergStarsLuisina BrandoRodolfo RanniJulio ChávezAfter finding out her husband cheated on her, Leonor decides to leave him to find her true identity.
- DirectorFernando AyalaStarsFederico LuppiJulio De GraziaRodolfo RanniLuis is a righteous man who begins a struggle and a moral debate with his family, neighbors and close friends when a corrupt municipal official offers a very convenient "arrangement".
- DirectorManuel García FerréStarsSusana KleinMaría MarchiPelusa SueroIco is a wild foal who lives in a large meadow with his mother and other forest animals.
- DirectorHéctor OliveraStarsFederico LuppiVíctor LaplaceHéctor BidondeA small revolution breaks out in a small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls they newly elected peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists the aid of allies ranging from the town drunk to young peronists to help hold his post. What follows is a slapstick war with a serious message.
- DirectorJuan José JusidStarsPepe SorianoMiguel Ángel SoláOscar MartínezIn the Argentine of 1930s, Senator Lisandro de la Torre investigated a case of corruption in the export of meat, discovering a fraudulent plot between the national government and the British Empire, which will endanger his life.
- DirectorMaría Luisa BembergStarsSusú PecoraroImanol AriasHéctor AlterioIn 1840's Buenos Aires, Argentina, a beautiful young socialite named Camila falls in love with Ladislao, a Jesuit priest. After several failed attempts at fighting his own feelings, he ultimately succumbs to her. The two later escape to a far off, secluded village where they assume new identities as husband and wife and begin running a children's school. After several months of relative happiness, the couple's identity is discovered by a local priest. Under moralistic pressure from both Camila's family and the Catholic church the authorities apprehend the lovers, and imprison them for sacrilege.
- DirectorBebe KaminStarsGustavo BelattiGabriel RovitoLeandro RegúnagaBased on the lives of four boys, all of different social classes and psychological makeup, this film tries to reflect through them the political history of Argentina during the years leading up to the Falklands War.
- DirectorAlejandro DoriaStarsLuis BrandoniDora BaretLuisina BrandoThe film centers on a unsuccessful doctor and his patient, whom everyone believes has no hope of ever recovering from a recent accident, and the daily events of a public hospital in Argentina.
- DirectorJuan Carlos DesanzoStarsRodolfo RanniMaría VanerJulio De GraziaAn action film about the aftermath of the last military regime of Argentina, which was responsible for State terrorism and the cruel violence and oppression against the population, particularly in the case of the "Desaparecidos" ("missing" people).
- DirectorDavid LipszycStarsHéctor AlterioAlicia BruzzoRicardo DarínAfter the sinking of the Rosales ship, which carried both civilians and members of the Argentinean Armed Forces, officials are called to investigate. The path to justice proves to be full of obstacles.
- DirectorAlejandro DoriaStarsLuis BrandoniChina ZorrillaAntonio GasallaEach member of this family tries to endorse someone else to care for the old Mother.
- DirectorLuis PuenzoStarsNorma AleandroHéctor AlterioChunchuna VillafañeDuring the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
- DirectorEmilio VieyraStarsJulio De GraziaEdda BustamanteTony VilasLaura Regueira is wrongly accused of the murder of her boyfriend, he was killed by a band of thugs the night they were sharing a romantic moment. In the woman's reformatory Laura, besides of having to endure the life of prisoner, will have the chance of prove her innocence, with the help of a police officer who believes she's innocent Laura has the chance of uncover a band involved in drug traffic. These delinquents also use the women captive in the penitentiary as prostitutes.
- DirectorEliseo SubielaStarsLorenzo QuinterosHugo SotoInés VernengoA patient in a mental hospital claims to be an extraterrestial. Could he be right?
- DirectorHéctor OliveraStarsAlejo García PintosVita EscardóPablo NovakThis films tells the true story of seven teenagers who agitated for reduced student bus fares under two different regimes in Argentina, with tragic results. At first succeeding under the government of Isabel Peron, their protests draw hostile attention from the military regime that overthrows Peron. The ensuing crackdown on student social activists is demonstrated when police break up a school dance wielding swords on horseback. Later, six students are kidnapped in the middle of the night, and the police deceitfully claim ignorance about their whereabouts. Pablo (Alejo Garcia Pintos), a seventh member of the group is later arrested and learns that they have been brutally tortured by authorities. He survives to tell their story, but the six are never found, numbering among the hundreds of students who were kidnapped and are still missing.
- DirectorAmérico Ortiz de ZárateStarsArturo BonínMario PasikCarlos MuñozDynamic young man falls in love with his own boss, a married businessman, with two children.
- DirectorCarlos SorinStarsUlises DumontJulio ChávezVillanueva CosseBuenos Aires movie director, very fond of legend of King of Patagonia and Araucania, decides to make a movie about it.
- DirectorJuan José JusidStarsLuis BrandoniMarta BianchiLeonor MansoOsvaldo and Mabel, an Argentine couple exiled for political reasons in the United States, travel to their country of origin after ten years to reconnect with their family and friends, including "el Negro", Mabel's brother, and his wife, " the Yoli ». Mabel offers her brother the possibility of working in New York with the aim of improving their economic situation, but his wife is opposed.
- DirectorMiguel PereiraStarsLeopoldo AbanJuan José CameroGuillermo DelgadoA rural teacher in Jujuy, establishes a friendly relationship with the inhabitants of Chorcán, a small Andean village. Circumstances in EEE Outbreak of War of the Malvinas and one of his students, Verónico Cruz, is called for a Fight, running a Join the crew of the ARA General Belgrano, sunk on May 2, 1982.
- DirectorAlberto FischermanStarsLorenzo QuinterosMirta BusnelliKatja AlemannA timid accountant, employed by a large company and married to an authoritarian woman, he escapes from reality by passing bath doors, through which he enters an imaginary private and sensual world.
- DirectorFernando E. SolanasStarsSusú PecoraroMiguel Ángel SoláPhilippe LéotardThe movie starts while Floreal, the main protagonist, was being released from the prison when the military coup ended in 1983. He is estranged to his former life because of his last few years in prison and especially discovering his wife has cheated on him soured their relation. He is not sure if he wants to go back to his old life and family. Wandering through the night his old friend "El-Negro" appears in the dark. He announces that he was assassinated during the military coup and he is a dead man now. But he has a special mission this night and he is back for this special occasion: To help Floreal catch up fast and face with his life and his time in prison. El-Negro helps him to watch through the important events happened in his absence. He confronts some people of importance to him as he wanders around through the night while his wife is waiting for him anxiously thinking he might never come back. During the long night El-Negro helps him to get past with his anger, makes him to understand the difficulties in such a controversial time and how military coup crushes people's lives and even killing a some of them relentlessly. Finally during the dawn, El-Negro announces that he is ready to go on with his life now and he must be back. Floreal figures that he must be strong and continue his life where he left off like his coup stricken country.
- DirectorJorge PolacoStarsGraciela BorgesArturo PuigLuisa VehilThe movie focuses on the marriage of Graciela and Arturo, who operate a kindergarten in their mansion.