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Pequenos Milargos....Eliseo Subiela, who made the Philip K. Dick-influenced Man Facing Southeast (1986), takes a lighter approach in this Argentine comedy-drama with fantasy elements. Customers at a Buenos Aires supermarket are unable to answer theological questions asked by cashier Rosalia (Julieta Ortega). Rosalia and her bitter mother were abandoned years earlier by Rosalia's father. Rosalia volunteers to help two blind people; one is the wealthy Don Francisco (Paco M.), and the other is a middle-aged woman (Monica Galan) studying for a law exam. Rosalia, who uses her telekinetic abilities to help these two and others who are needy, sees herself as a "fairy godmother," and she gets a total makeover from a trio of young women she assumes are other fairies. Eventually, Rosalia finds her own Prince Charming — physicist Santiago (Antonio Birbent) who has been tracking her movements at the bus stop with a video camera transmission to his computer. Black-and-white dream sequences show Rosalia rescued by a winged fairy. Shown at 1998 film fests (San Francisco, Miami).
No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas...........Love and reincarnation are the basic themes of this metaphorical Argentine fantasy. It is a serpentine tale with many interesting surprises. The story begins in 1885 New Jersey, as Thomas Edison's assistant says his final good bye to his recently deceased wife. Suddenly a vibrating zoetrope is seen and dreamy images and titles fill the screen which suddenly bursts into the vibrant world of contemporary Buenos Aires where Leopoldo is working as a projectionist in a ramshackle cinema. Leopoldo is married to Susana. He is obsessed with devising a machine that will record human dreams, an aspiration he shares with his closest friend Oscar, who has invented a robot in the image of a famous tango singer Carlos Gardel. One day Leopoldo awakens to discover that he has successfully recorded that night's dream in which he felt great love for a woman who lived 110 years ago. Shortly thereafter, he sees the very same woman standing outside his theater. Her name is Rachel and she calls him William. She explains that they have been lovers throughout the ages and have been reincarnated many times. Unfortunately, Leopoldo has no memory of her. Still they become lovers. The two come to a difficult juncture when Rachel decides that she has had enough reincarnation and simply wants to stay dead; on the other hand, Leopoldo is terrified of death and yet does not want to be forever apart from her.
famous tango singer Carlos Gardel.....Known as El Zorzal Criollo, the songbird of Buenos Aires, Carlos Gardel is a legendary figure in Argentina. The charismatic Urugay singer's career coincided with the development of that intrinsically Argentine cultural icon, the tango (the vulgar music and dance of Buenos Aires' tenements). Gardel made the music his own by inventing the tango-song, and was an instant popular hit in Latin American countries. The elite overcame their aversion to the tango's humble origins and open sensuality only when the man and his music were already widely accepted in New York and Paris. Radio performances and a film career extended this appeal. Gardel's sky-rocketing career was cut short in 1935, when he lost his life in a plane crash in Colombia. An orgy of grief swept from New York to Puerto Rico, and a woman in Havana suicided. Hordes of people thronged to pay their respects as the singer's body made the journey to its final resting place in a Buenos Aires cemetery, travelling via Colombia, New York and Río de Janeiro. Instantly immortal and preserved forever young, his enduring fame is measured by the oft-heard Argentine expression 'Gardel sings better every day'. Sixty years after his death, a devoted following keeps the legend blazing, playing Gardel's music daily, placing a lit cigarette in the hand of the life-sized statue which graces his tomb and keeping his few films in circulation...
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BABENCO, Hector....... (b.1946)
Corazón iluminado (1998)
... aka Coração Iluminado (1998)
... aka Foolish Heart (1998)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
... aka Brincando nos Campos do Senhor (1991)
Ironweed (1987)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
... aka Beijo da Mulher Aranha, O (1985)
Terra é Redonda Como uma Laranja, A (1984)
Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981)
... aka Asphalt Haie (1981)
... aka Pixote (1981)
Lúcio Flávio, o Passageiro da Agonia (1977)
Rei da Noite, O (1975)
... aka King of the Night (1975)
SUBIELA, Eliseo...(b.1944)
Pequeños milagros (1997)
... aka Little Miracles (1997)
Despabílate amor (1996)
... aka Wake Up Love (1996)
No te mueras sin decirme adónde vas (1995)
... aka Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going (1995)
Lado oscuro del corazón, El (1992)
.. aka Dark Side of the Heart, The (1992)
... aka Heart's Dark Side (1992)
Hombre mirando al sudeste (1986)
... aka Man Facing Southeast (1986)
... aka Man Looking Southeast (1986)
Últimas imágenes del naufragio (1985)
... aka Last Images of the Shipwreck (1985)
Conquista del paraíso, La (1980)
1968 La Hora de Los Hornos Fernando E. Solanas
1938 Tres Argentinos en Paris Manuel Romero
1961 La Mano En la Trampa Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
1988 Lo Que Vendra Gustavo Mosquera
1957 La Casa del Angel Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
1986 Debajo Del Mundo Beda Docampo Feijoo
1985 The Official Story Luis Puenzo
1986 Man Facing Southeast Eliseo Subiela
2000 Esperando Al Mesias Daniel Burman
1999 Rio Escondido Mercedes Garcia-Guevara
1999 Las Huellas Borradas Enrique Gabriel
1992 El Viaje Fernando E. Solanas
1998 Tango Carlos Saura
1997 El Impostor Alejandro Maci
1943 16 Años Carlos Hugo Christensen
1997 Hache Adolfo Aristarain
1944 Donde Mueren Las Palabras Hugo Fregonese
1990 Yo, la Peor de Todas Maria Luisa Bemberg
1995 No Te Mueras Sin Decirme Adonde Vas Eliseo Subiela
1987 Sofia Alejandro Doria
1984 Nightmare's Passengers Fernando Ayala
1988 Sur Fernando E. Solanas
1967 Pampa salvaje Hugo Fregonese
1987 La Deuda Interna Miguel Pereira
1981 Tiempo De Revancha Adolfo Aristarain
1951 Sangre Negra Pierre Chenal
1983 No Habra Mas Penas Ni Olvido Hector Olivera
1999 Tesoro Mio Sergio Bellotti
1999 Lisboa Antonio Hernandez
1998 Garage Olimpo Marco Bechis
1998 El Viento se llevo lo que Alejandro Agresti
1967 Los Traidores de San Angel Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
1967 La Tentacion Desnuda Armando Bo
1967 La Noche Terrible Rodolfo Kuhn
1966 Hotel Alojamiento Fernando Ayala
1964 Il Goucho Dino Risi
1967 Esto es Alegria Enrique Carreras
1967 Escandalo en la Familia Jorge Velasco
1989 Guerriers Et Captives Edgardo Cozarinsky
1989 Corps Perdus Eduardo de Gregorio
1998 Pequenos Milagros Eliseo Subiela
1941 Historia de Una Noche Luis Saslavsky
1991 Alambrado Marco Bechis