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Directed by | Carlos Sorín |
Produced by | Oscar Kramer |
Written by | Carlos Sorín Jorge Goldenberg Roberto Scheuer |
Starring |
Daniel Day-Lewis Mirjana Joković Gabriela Acher Ignacio Quirós |
Music by | Steve Levine |
Cinematography | Esteban Courtalon |
Edited by | Luis César D'Angiolillo Bryan Oates |
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Distributed by | J&M Entertainment |
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Canada: September 11, 1989 |
Running time
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91 minutes |
Country | Argentina United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Eversmile, New Jersey (Spanish: Eterna sonrisa de New Jersey) is a 1989 Argentine-British comedy-drama film directed by Carlos Sorín and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Mirjana Joković and Gabriela Acher. It was written by Sorín, Jorge Goldenberg and Roberto Scheuer. It premiered on September 11, 1989 at the Toronto Festival of Festivals in Canada.
Fergus O'Connell, an itinerant Irish dentist, offers his services free-of-charge to the isolated rural population of Patagonia, in Argentina. He's able to do so because of the supposedly no-strings sponsorship of a "dental consciousness" foundation. While his motorbike is being repaired, O'Connell meets Estela, the garage-owner's daughter, and they quickly become affectionate towards each other. Both lovers have prior commitment: he is married, and she is engaged. Yet, they go off together all the same. After a series of surrealistic adventures, O'Connell discovers that there's a subliminal price tag attached to his altruistic free services.
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