Moebius (1996 film)

Moebius
Directed by	Gustavo Mosquera
Produced by	Gustavo Mosquera
Screenplay by	Pedro Cristiani Gabriel Lifschitz Arturo Onatavia Natalia Urruty María Ángeles Mira Gustavo Mosquera R.
Based on	A Subway Named Mobius by A.J. Deutsch
Starring	Guillermo Angelelli Roberto Carnaghi Anabella Levy Jorge Petraglia
Music by	Mariano Núñez West
Cinematography	Abel Peñalba Frederico Rivares
Edited by	Alejandro Brodersohn Pablo Giorgelli
Production company	Universidad del Cine
Distributed by	Fama Films
Release date	1996
Running time	90 min.
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish
Budget	$ 250.000

Moebius is a 1996 Argentine science fiction film directed by Gustavo Mosquera and starring Guillermo Angelelli, Roberto Carnaghi and Annabella Levy. It is based on the classic short story A Subway Named Mobius, by Armin Joseph Deutsch. The film is set in the Buenos Aires Underground, in a dark and dystopian Buenos Aires.

On one 4th of March, the controllers of the Buenos Aires Underground discover that train number UM-86 (a Siemens-Schuckert Orenstein & Koppel train), along with its passengers, has gone missing in the network of tunnels. After searching the entire network (which in the film is shown as being much larger than in reality) they fail to find both the train and its passengers.

In an attempt to hide the incident from the public, the director of SBASE contacts the engineering firm responsible for the construction of the line where UM-86 went missing in order to investigate the incident. The firm then sends a young topologist Daniel Pratt, rather than an experienced engineer, which displeases the director.

Upon looking for the original plans of the line at a national archive, Pratt discovers that they are missing and were taken away by his former lecturer at the University of Buenos Aires, Hugo Mistein. After looking for him at the University, another professor tells Pratt that Mistein retired some time ago and has not been seen or contacted for a considerable period.

Pratt gets hold of Mistein's address and calls his house from a public telephone. The professor is not at home, however the phone is answered by an uncooperative young girl who tells him Mistein isn't home and then hangs up. Since Pratt is out of change, he decides to go to the apartment in person.

After arriving at the apartment, Pratt is greeted by the same girl who spoke to him on the phone and after some reluctance, lets him into the apartment. Inside, he discovers the plans he had been looking for but is forced to leave through the fire escape, along with the girl, after a knock on the door.