Buenos Aires Vice Versa
| Buenos Aires Vice Versa | |
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| Directed by | Alejandro Agresti |
| Produced by |
Alejandro Agresti Axel Harding |
| Written by | Alejandro Agresti |
| Starring |
Vera Fogwill Nicolás Pauls Fernán Mirás |
| Music by | Alejandro Agresti Paul M. van Brugge |
| Cinematography | Ramiro Civita |
| Edited by |
Alejandro Agresti Alejandro Brodersohn |
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122 minutes |
| Country | Argentina Netherlands |
| Language | Spanish |
Buenos Aires Vice Versa (Spanish: Buenos Aires viceversa) is an 1996 Argentine and Dutch dramatic film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film was produced by Alejandro Agresti and Axel Harding, and co-produced by Emjay Rechsteiner.
The picture deals with the alienation felt by the children who survived the Argentine military dictatorship of the 1970s.
Opening Title Graphic:
As the film begins a message appears and reminds the audience that approximately 30,000 people died during the Dirty War due to the military dictatorship's reign during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The story is then dedicated to the surviving children of the murdered. Two such children, now adults are the main characters. One, Daniela (Vera Fogwill), now has her degree in film and is having trouble finding work. She's hired by an older couple, living in recluse, to film Buenos Aires for them. She goes out and documents the city. Yet, her customers are upset as they don't remember the Buenos Aires Daniela has filmed. She then shoots a reel of tourist-type shots. The other, Damián, played by Nicolás Pauls, works in a low-rent motel who discovers the real story about his parents during the dictatorship.
The story is largely episodic, mashing together more than 6 different story lines.
The film is based on the aftermath of the real political events that took place in Argentina after Jorge Rafael Videla's reactionary military junta assumed power on March 24, 1976. During the junta's rule: the parliament was suspended, unions, political parties and provincial governments were banned, and in what became known as the Dirty War between 9,000 and 30,000 people deemed left-wing "subversives" disappeared from society.
The film was first presented at the Mar del Plata Film Festival in November 1996. It opened wide in Argentina on September 18, 1997.
The film was screened at various film festivals, including: the 1996 Cannes Film Festival,France; the Contemporary Latin American Film Series at UCLA, Los Angeles; the Oslo Film Festival, Norway; the Havana Film Festival, Cuba; and others.
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