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1985

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This is an emotionally gripping, fictional look at a couple torn apart by the infamous Argentine campaign of killings and torture that sent thousands of accused terrorists to unmarked graves in the mid-and late-'70s. Alicia (Norma Aleandro) and Roberto (Hector Alterio) adopted a little girl (Analia Castro) during this period of .. Read more

Starring	Hector Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Chunchuna Villafane, Hugo Arana
Director	Luis Puenzo
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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  Extremely Powerful
  
  I have seen a few films that deal with the military regime in Argentina in the 80's but never one that looks at the wider problems after the troubles. It is... read more »
  
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  - Edward
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  - 06 Jul 2005 at 11:33
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  Excellent. Great drama.
  
  This film is well worth seeing. Like 'The Secret in their Eyes' it tells a story against the back-drop of the military dictatorship in Argentina in the ... read more »
  
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  - 01 Oct 2011 at 16:03
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  liked it but........
  
  I thought this a beautifully structured film, well-acted and directed, but the one quibble I have is not the fault of the film, but those who do the subtitles. ... read more »
  
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  - 29 Apr 2011 at 10:28
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  Worthy but dull
  
  This movie must have been difficult to make and difficult to watch in a country where the horrors of the military dictatorship are still fresh in people's ... read more »
  
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- - Martin Cross
  - Glasgow
  - 03 Jan 2008 at 10:41
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  Very moving
  
  If you are remotely interested in South America and in the workings of dictatorships, this is a very moving film about the Disappeared in Argentina and ... read more »
  
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  - 07 Oct 2007 at 13:36
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  Excellent
  
  The description of a social high class, that participated to the horrors comitted during the dictature in place in Argentina, is so powerful as that same class ... read more »
  
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  - 09 May 2006 at 19:18
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  Starts slow finishes powerfully
  
  At the beginning you won't understand what is really going on, it's the story of a well to do couple who have adopted a daughter and their life is just ... read more »
  
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  - Chantal
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  - 19 Nov 2005 at 23:26
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  Aftermath of
  
  This is an impressive and affecting film. It explores the social fall-out of 'the disappeared' - those tortured and killed by the Argentinian military ... read more »
  
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- - LynneW
  - Manchester
  - 21 Oct 2005 at 21:08
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  Extremely Powerful
  
  I have seen a few films that deal with the military regime in Argentina in the 80's but never one that looks at the wider problems after the troubles. It is... read more »
  
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- - Edward
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  - 06 Jul 2005 at 11:33
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- - 6
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  Extremely Powerful
  
  I have seen a few films that deal with the military regime in Argentina in the 80's but never one that looks at the wider problems after the troubles. It is... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 121085
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Edward
  - London
  - 06 Jul 2005 at 11:33
- - 5
  - 0
  Aftermath of
  
  This is an impressive and affecting film. It explores the social fall-out of 'the disappeared' - those tortured and killed by the Argentinian military ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 164391
- - LynneW
  - Manchester
  - 21 Oct 2005 at 21:08
- - 4
  - 0
  Starts slow finishes powerfully
  
  At the beginning you won't understand what is really going on, it's the story of a well to do couple who have adopted a daughter and their life is just ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 176050
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Chantal
  - 1037 reviews
  - London
  - 19 Nov 2005 at 23:26
- - 1
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  Excellent
  
  The description of a social high class, that participated to the horrors comitted during the dictature in place in Argentina, is so powerful as that same class ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 242312
- - a customer
  - England
  - 09 May 2006 at 19:18
- - 1
  - 0
  Very moving
  
  If you are remotely interested in South America and in the workings of dictatorships, this is a very moving film about the Disappeared in Argentina and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 483208
- - a customer
  - Surrey
  - 07 Oct 2007 at 13:36
- - 1
  - 0
  liked it but........
  
  I thought this a beautifully structured film, well-acted and directed, but the one quibble I have is not the fault of the film, but those who do the subtitles. ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 987317
- - a customer
  - 29 Apr 2011 at 10:28
- - 3
  - 3
  Worthy but dull
  
  This movie must have been difficult to make and difficult to watch in a country where the horrors of the military dictatorship are still fresh in people's ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 508455
- - Martin Cross
  - Glasgow
  - 03 Jan 2008 at 10:41
- - 0
  - 0
  Excellent. Great drama.
  
  This film is well worth seeing. Like 'The Secret in their Eyes' it tells a story against the back-drop of the military dictatorship in Argentina in the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1046655
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - lesreid
  - 8 reviews
  - UK
  - 01 Oct 2011 at 16:03

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  This is an emotionally gripping, fictional look at a couple torn apart by the infamous Argentine campaign of killings and torture that sent thousands of accused terrorists to unmarked graves in the mid-and late-'70s. Alicia (Norma Aleandro) and Roberto (Hector Alterio) adopted a little girl (Analia ...