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2004

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In Buenos Aires during the Peron era, an Argentine playwright has a preternatural ability to see what will happen to people's loved ones -- many of whom are missing, or soon will be -- when he looks into their faces. Ultimately, he must turn this power inward, when his activist journalist wife disappears. Read more

Starring	Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson
Director	Christopher Hampton
Genres	Drama

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Imagining Argentina

Starring	Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson
Director	Christopher Hampton
Studio	UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK VIDEO RENTAL
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 43 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 2004 To Rent: DVD: 18 Oct 2004

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  Excellent but disturbing!
  
  The acting is excellent - it's so nice to Banderas in a serious role rather than playing a sex object or a comic role - it really showcases his talent! The ... read more »
  
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  Interesting but not great
  
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  This looks at a horrendous period in Argentina's history from a different angle. It uses magical realism as a way of showing the horrors of the period but ... read more »
  
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  It was certainly good as |Antonio was the lead, The film was disturbing and the story may even be based on truth. Even more worrying. The ending was too clean ... read more »
  
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  Very disturbing - not what I expected!
  
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Why do middle names sound so much grander in Spanish? Joe Anthony Bands doesn’t sound like a movie star to me, but Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas? You can see where he gets that Puss in Boots swagger. Born in Malaga just over 51 years ago, Banderas was brought up in a conservative household. His father was in Franco’s Civil Guard, his mother was a schoolteacher. Both were practicing Catholics. Antonio rebelled and joined a theatre company as a teenager (apparently he was inspired... Read more
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  In Buenos Aires during the Peron era, an Argentine playwright has a preternatural ability to see what will happen to people's loved ones -- many of whom are missing, or soon will be -- when he looks into their faces. Ultimately, he must turn this power inward, when his activist journalist wife ...