Cinema of Argentina
For the final installment of our Hispanic Heritage Month series, Telescope presents our Argentinian Film Spotlight! Following the politically charged New Argentine Cinema Wave in the nineties, the contemporary film scene (including female directors such as Lucrecia Martel and Lucía Puenzo) embraces social taboos and dynamics with a daring flair.
Zama
An officer must find a way to escape from South America in this film based on the 1956 novel.
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- Argentina, Brazil, Spain • 2017
- Director Lucrecia Martel
- Cast Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele, Juan Minujín, Nahuel Cano, Mariana Nunes
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Esteros
Childhood friends Matias and Jeronimo unexpectedly reunite as adults, and their unresolved childhood feelings and sexual tensions reawaken.
- Argentina, Brazil, France • 2016
- Director Papu Curotto
- Cast Ignacio Rogers, Esteban Masturini, Joaquín Parada, Blas Finardi Niz, Renata Calmon, María Merlino
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel, Darkroom
The Tenth Man
(El rey del Once)
Affable economist Ariel returns to his bustling childhood neighborhood in Buenos Aires to reconnect with his father and his Jewish roots.
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- Argentina • 2016
- Director Daniel Burman
- Cast Alan Sabbagh, Julieta Zylberberg, Elvira Onetto, Adrián Stoppelman
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Chai Flicks, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Eva Doesn't Sleep
(Eva no duerme)
The incredible true story of Argentinian First Lady Eva Perón’s body, and its 25-year journey home.
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- Argentina, Spain, France • 2015
- Director Pablo Agüero
- Cast Gael García Bernal, Denis Lavant, Imanol Arias, Ailín Salas, Daniel Fanego
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, The Roku Channel, VIX , Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Clan
(El clan)
The true story of Argentina's most notorious crime family
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- Argentina, Spain • 2015
- Director Pablo Trapero
- Cast Guillermo Francella, Liliana Popovich, Gastón Cocchiarale, Giselle Motta
- Genre Drama, History, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand
Truman
When Julián receives an unexpected visit in Madrid from his lifelong friend, Tomás, the encounter is bittersweet because Julian has cancer.
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- Spain, Argentina • 2015
- Director Cesc Gay
- Cast Ricardo Darín, Javier Cámara, Dolores Fonzi, Àlex Brendemühl, Troilo
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, VIX , Freevee, Kanopy
Wild Tales
(Relatos salvajes)
We can all lose control...
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- Argentina, Spain • 2014
- Director Damián Szifrón
- Cast Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Darío Grandinetti, Érica Rivas, Nancy Dupláa
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home
The Secret in Their Eyes
(El secreto de sus ojos)
A retired legal counsellor uses an unresolved case from his career as inspiration for his novel, but revisiting the past can be dangerous.
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- Argentina, Spain • 2009
- Director Juan José Campanella
- Cast Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella, Carla Quevedo
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Fandango At Home
XXY
Sex makes us men and women. Or both things.
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- Argentina, Spain, France • 2007
- Director Lucía Puenzo
- Cast Inés Efron, Martín Piroyansky, Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Germán Palacios, Guillermo Angelelli
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VIX , Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
La Ciénaga
The self-pitying lives of a bored bourgeois family set during the summer in a small provincial town in Argentina.
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- Argentina, France, Spain • 2001
- Director Lucrecia Martel
- Cast Mercedes Morán, Graciela Borges, Martín Adjemián, Leonora Balcarce, Silvia Baylé, Sofia Bertolotto
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video