Latin American & Iberian Collections:
Videos from Argentina
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- 40 años de novios, Enrique Carreras et al., 1 videocassette
(93 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Notes: Performer Note: Lolita Torres, Germán Cobos, Enzo
Viena.
Abstract: A woman who hasn't forgiven her husband's infidelities
finally reconciles with him after 40 years.
- Abierto de 18 a 24, Eduardo F Chapa et al., 1 videocassette
(82 min.), Montevideo Uruguay, 1987.
Notes: Performer Note: Gerardo Romano, Silvia Peyrou, Horacio
Peña, Jorge Luz.
Abstract: A lonely and melancholy man has come from the
interior to the city in order to verify the death of his cousin.His
search leads him to a dance hall where he becomes involved with
a variety of people including an uninhibited and diverting girl,
Dorys, who is an excellent tango dancer. He also cannot help looking
with interest at Carla, who was the object of his cousin's desire
and who is now attracted to him.
- Abuso de confianza, Mario C Lugones et al., 1 videocassette
(77 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Olga Zubarry, Manuel Collado, María
Armand, Carlos Thompson, Renée Dumas, Adolfo Linvel, Margarita
Corona, Carlos Belluci, Iris Alonso, José Nájera, Arnoldo
Chamot, Juan Pecci, María Elena Sagrera, José Arias
Callicó.
Abstract: In order to gain the protection of a lawyer,
a student pretends to be the daughter of an actress that the lawyer
had once known in his childhood. This is a remake of the French
film, "Abus de confiance.".
- Actualización política y doctrinaria para la toma
del poder, Fernando E Solanas, Octavio Getino, and Cine Liberación
(Firm), 1 videocassette (ca. 100 min.), New York, N.Y, 199-.
Abstract: Documentaries about Perón and his effects
on Argentina in the present and for the future.
- Adios Buenos Aires, Leopoldo Torres Ríos and Arte
Video (Firm), 1 videocassette, Argentina, 1938.
- Adios pampa mia, Manuel Romero et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Alberto Castillo, Alberto Vila, Perla Mux.
Abstract: The story of a tango singer's rise to fame. This
film marks Alberto Castillo's film debut.
- Adíos, Roberto, Enrique Dawi et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 90 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Victor Laplace, Carlos Andrés Calvo,
Ana María Picchio.
Abstract: Roberto leaves his wife and cannot afford to
rent an apartment, so he goes to live with Marcelo, a friend of
his cousin's, who openly lives with his homosexuality. They soon
develop alove relationship which causes a lot of conflicts for
Roberto.
- Africa rie, Carlos Rinaldi et al., 1 videocassette (60
min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Rafael "El Pato" Carret, Jorge
Luz, Guillermo Rico.
Abstract: Four men are known for their foolish actions
and one night after ruining a dinner, they get arrested. They
are soon released and then go visit their uncle who is sick but
he is actually just sick of the four of them. Thus, the four men
decide to go to Africa to try to find a cure for their uncle but
instead get caught up in the middle of a big scheme.
- Al compás de tu mentira, Beverly Hills Video Home
Producciones et al., 1 videocassette (86 min.), Lavelle, Argentina,
1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Francisco Alvarez, Pedrito Quartucci, Delfy
de Ortega.
Abstract: A musical comedy in which a man invents a brother
who loves tangos. He helps a friend who is in love with his goddaughter,
but everything goes awry.
- Al corazón, Mario Sábato et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 98 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Presentors, Ernesto Sábato, Enrique
Cadícamo, Sergio Renán, Adriana Varela.
Abstract: A "family album" of singers in an homage
to tango and Argentinean films. Mario Sábato gathers together
together film clips of the greats: Carlos Gardel, Hugo del Carrill,
Libertad Lamarque, Alberto Castillo, Luis Sandrini, Simone, Charlo,
Azucena Maizena, Angel Vargas, and Sabina Olmos. They illustrate
its thematic message that the tango is the most important musical
expression of the nation.
- Al diablo con esta cura...!!!, Carlos Rinaldi et al.,
1 videocassette (95 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Sandrini, Ubaldo Martínez, Elizabeth
Killian.
- Al filo de la ley, Juan Carlos Desanzo et al., 1 videocassette,
San Luis, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Rodolfo Ranni, Gerardo Romano, Katja Alemann.
- Al toque de clarín, Orestes Caviglia et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 67 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Buono Strano, Pepita Mu unoz, Mary Parets.
- Alas de mi patria, Carlos Borcosque et al., 1 videocassette
(88 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Enrique Muiño, Ada Cornaro, Daniel
Belluscio.
Abstract: Dramatized story of the development of Argentine
aviation.
- Alfonsina, Kurt Land et al., 1 videocassette (90 min.),
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1986.
Notes: Performer Note: Amelia Bence, Guillermo Murray, José
de Angelis, Dora Ferreiro.
Abstract: A drama based on the life of poet Alfonsina Storni.
- Alias Flequillo, Julio Saraceni et al., 1 videocassette
(75 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Jose Marrone, Floren Delbene, Perla Alvarado.
Abstract: Sr. Goodday only wished to marry, until the police
brought him in thinking he was a infamous mafia boss named Flaquillo.
However, realizing that he was not and the boss was still in jail,
they decided to use Mr. Goodday as a spy to learn all the secrets
of the mob, by staging a false escape. Everything was going well
until the real mafia boss escaped and suddenly Mr. Goodday's life
was in danger, but the police still needed his help. In the end,
both were caught, but suddenly now there was a large mix-up to
sort out.
- Alla en el norte, Julio Saraceni et al., 1 videocassette
(95 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Lolita Torres, Carlos Estrada, Jorge Barreiro.
Abstract: María Gracia, a foreign teacher from Italy,
comes to Argentina in search of a job. She is sent to a little
town where life is simple and uneventful. She initially dislikes
the way of life in this town and makes plans to return home. After
the death of a good friend, María decides to stay in the
town to help the children, despite her commitment to return home.
- Aller simple trois histories du Rio de la Plata = Pasaje
de ida : tres historias de Rio de la Plata, Noël Burch
et al., 1 videocassette (83 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Narrators: Jean-Marie Bory, Luca Nicolaj,
Ima de Ranedo, Jacques Bidou.
Abstract: The film evokes the history of the 6 million
men and women who, between 1830 and 1930, abandoned Europe to
settle in Latin America. Through their letters, narratives, writings
and documents, the filmmakers have created three purely fictional
characters, the Frenchman, Ulysses; the Italian, Petro; and the
Spaniard, Pilar. To illustrate their respective histories, the
filmmakers use documents of diverse origins, recordings, photographs,
archival film, together with fragments of feature films set in
the different eras.
- Alma de Bohemia, Julio Saraceni et al., 1 videocassette
(88 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Alberto Castillo, Fidel Pintos, Lalo Malcom,
Vivian Valmarr.
- Alto Paraná, Catrano Catrani et al., 1 videocassette
(81 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Ubaldo Martínez, Nelly Cuggan, Jorge
Hiltón.
- Amor a primera vista, Leo Fleider et al., 1 videocassette
(85 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Lolita Torres, Osvaldo Miranda, Ramón
Garay.
Abstract: A woman marries a bolero singer, but he believes
her to be someone other than who she is.
- Amor en el aire, Luis Cesar Amadori et al., 1 videocassette
(96 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Rocío Durcal, Palito Orgeta, Amalia
de Isaura.
- Angeles, Raúl Perrone et al., 1 videocassette (39
min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Raúl Perrone, Carlos Brioletti, Horacio
Graniero.
- Aquel de cine argentino 30 años sonoros, 1933-1963,
Videograma S.R.L, 1 videocassette (115 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay,
1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Narrator: Enrique Conlazo.
Abstract: A survey of the history of sound film in Argentina
between 1933 and 1963, with clips from many important films.
- Argentinísima, Fernando Ayala et al., 1 videocassette
(110 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Abstract: Through song after song, the beauty of Argentina
is narrated in this film. Occasional acting as well as dance contribute
to the music that defines the greatness and pride of a uniquely
beautiful country.
- Ariella Ariela, John Herbert et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Christiane Torloni, John Herbert, Laura
Cardoso.
- Armiño negro, Carlos Hugo Christensen et al., 1
videocassette (104 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Laura Hidalgo, Roberto Escalada, Néstor
Zavarce, Nicolás Fregues, Bemardo Penrone, Ricardo Galache,
Enrique Abeledo, Gloria Ferrandiz, Federico Mansilla, Aurelia
Ferrer.
Abstract: A woman intends to tell her adolescent son about
her mysterious past (and her present), but fails and unleashes
a tragedy.
- Asalto a la ciudad, Carlos Cores et al., 1 videocassette
(95 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Carlos Cores, Juan José Miguez, Luis
Tasca, Ignacio Quirós, Sergio Renán, Olga Zubarry, Aída
Luz, Elizabeth Killian, Santiago Gómez Cou, Guillermo Battaglia,
Thelma del Río, Nathán Pinzón, Juan Carlos Palma,
Susana Mayo, José Comellas, Sergio Malbrán, Saál
Jarlip, Pedro Buchardo, Silvia del Río, Mario Aguiar, Elsa
Guido.
Abstract: Five men rob a bank. Each one eventually receives
a punishment.
- Asesinato a distancia, Santiago Carlos Oves et al., 1
videocassette (103 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Hector Alterio, Patricio Contreras, Laura
Novoa, Martín Adjemian, Fabián Vena, Carlos Weber, Miguel
Dedovich, Guillermo Hermida, Gerardo Pheyrano, Horacio Marassi,
Elvia Andreoli.
Abstract: Can there be a perfect crime? Detective Daniel
Hernández says no, his new case causes him to doubt deeply
held beliefs. A boy throws himself into the sea during a storm,
in front of a crowd of witnesses. An obvious suicide, but Hernández
says no, although it will be difficult to deny what the witnesses
saw.
- Así es el tango, Eduardo Morera et al., 1 videocassette
(91 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Tito Lusiardo, Olinda Bozán, Lusita
Vehil.
- Así es la vida, Francisco Múgica et al., 1
videocassette (92 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Enrique Serrano, Sabina Olmos, Arturo García
Bhur.
Abstract: A wealthy family of six with three daughters
and a son grow together learning from and experiencing all the
lessons of life. With firm and loving parents all four children
find love and although not all marry right away, they are happy.
Even when on parent dies, the household carries on as strong as
ever. This is a story of family strength and close personal relationships.
- Atracción peculiar, Enrique Carreras et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Alberto Olmedo, Jorge Porcel, Silvia Pérez.
Abstract: A series of aggressive acts against transvestites
who act in Mar del Plata leads a magazine to send out a journalist,
Sr. Trolombati, and a photographer, Sr. Amatista, who is evidently
gay. Both must pretend they are gay and get into the underword
to carry on their inquest. This is the starting point for a series
of intricate situations in which even the wives of the magazine
executives are involved.
- Avivato El rey de los vivos, Enrique Cahen Salaberry
et al., 1 videocassette (82 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Pepe Iglesias, Lilian Valmar.
- Ayúdeme a vivir, José Agustín Ferreyra
et al., 1 videocassette (ca. 72 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Libertad Lamarque, Floren Delbene, Perla
Mary.
- Bajo el signo de la patria, René Mugica et al.,
1 videocassette (110 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Ignacio Quiros, Héctor Pellegrini,
Ricardo Passano.
- Bajo otro sol, Francisco D'Intino et al., 1 videocassette
(88 min.), Uruguay, 198-.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge González, Virginia Lago, Miguel
Angel Solá.
Abstract: After having worked for ten years as a teacher
at a rural school in the Argentinian Patagonia, labour lawyer
Manuel Ojeda returns to Córdoba, his province. He is moved
by the wish to avenge a former political Fellow at the Peronist
Youth, missing during the Military Dictatorship after Alfredo
Barrantes denounced him. Barrantes is Personnel Manager at the
factory where Ojeda used to work. Manuel meets old friends and
workmates who make him see the mistake he is about to make.
- Bajó un angel del cielo, Luis Cesar Amadori et al.,
1 videocassette (78 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Franciso Alvarez, Zully Moreno, Pedrito
Quartucci.
Abstract: Fontana is a senile, old man in charge of a successful
business. He wishes to retire and sell the business. His family
attempts to help him, but instead make the whole situation much
more complicated.
- Balada para un mochilero, Carlos Rinaldi et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: José Marrone, Arnaldo André,
Mariángeles, Aldo Barbero Cacho Espindola, Néstor Fabián,
Nelly Tesolin, Marcelo Chimento, Graciela Pal, Graciela Ibaneta,
Mario Fortuna (h), Estela Vidal, Rodolfo Brindisi, Délfor
Medina, Martha Diez, Coqui Marrone, Los Iracundos, Juan y Juan,
Los Arribeños, Néstor Fabián.
Abstract: A newspaper vendor who lives in Mar del Plata
leaves to backpack and travel the country. In this event, he meets
other similar travelers.
- Barrio Gris, Mario Soffici et al., 1 videocassette (107
min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Alberto de Mendoza, Mirta Torres, Ubaldo
Martínez.
Abstract: A poor man named Federico has an affluent friend
named Claudio, who teaches him how to make fast money and enter
high society. His selfishness leads him to a life of crime. He
loses his family and friends in his quest to advance his own social
position. It is not until the death of his beloved mother that
he realizes his faults. By this time, her death is too great to
bear and he kills Claudio, is sent to prison, and leaves behind
his new love, Zulema.
- Benedita Seas, Luis Mottura et al., 1 videocassette (81
min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Mecha Ortíz, Enrique Serrano, Domingo
Alzugaray.
- Besos perdidos, Mario Soffici et al., 1 videocassette
(65 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: María Duval, Miguel Faust Rocha, Alita
Román.
Abstract: Estéban is a bitter old man who cares only
for his work. His daughter, Henrietta, is tired of his selfish
ways and runs away to her Godfather, Enrique's, house. While she
resides there, she turns his life upside down and convinces herself
that he is her real father. When Enrique confronts Estéban,
he discovers that Henrietta is right.
- La bestia debe morir, Román Viñoly Barreto
et al., 1 videocassette (99 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Guillermo
Battaglia, Milagros de la Vega.
Abstract: A strict, ruthless man dies of an unknown cause
and his family members are accused. His young son must face his
relatives, each of whom is a suspect. Each has a possible motive
and circumstantial evidence could point to each.
- La bestia humana, Daniel Tinayre et al., 1 videocassette
110 min.), Montevideo, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Ana María Lynch, Massimo Girotti,
Eduardo Cuitiño.
Abstract: Pedro is a train conductor who leads a rather
normal life except for the fact that he is afraid of women, or
rather they make him turn crazy. After the death of a rich gentleman,
Pedro falls in love with Laura, the lover of the gentleman and
together the two of them plot to kill her husband. Meanwhile,
money and love letters are hidden in an effort to avoid police
detection. Unfortunately, there is much more death before anything
can be solved by the police. Even when cautioned, Pedro takes
matters into his own hands.
- Bibliotecas populares argentinas, Ricardo Wulicher, Gustavo
Wagner, and Comisión Nacional Protectora de Bibliotecas Populares,
1 videocassette (26 min.), Argentina, 1996.
Notes: Added Title: Informatizacion de las bibliotecas populares
Added Title: Bibliomovil.
Abstract: A look at public libraries in Argentina, including
the bookmobile program; followed by two short promotional films
by CONABIP.
- Billetes, billetes, Martín Schor et al., 1 videocassette,
Uruguay, 198-.
Notes: Performer Note: Julio de Grazia, Ulises Dumont, Haydée
Padilla.
- Blauaugig, Reinhard Hauff et al., 1 videocassette (88
min.), Montevideo Uruguay, 1992?
Notes: Performer Note: Julio de Grazia, Emilia Mazer, Alberto
Segado.
Abstract: Film about an Argentinian based German businessman
who is a respected figure in the Argentine business community
and who knows how to move in political circles. His daughter rebels
against his conservativism and leaves home. Eventually she is
murdered but not before giving birth to a son. The business man
makes it his mission to find his grandson who he knows has blue
eyes just like his.
- La boda, Lucas Demare et al., 1 videocassette (88 min.),
Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: José Suárez, Graciela Borges,
Susana Campos, Néstor Deval, Hugo Pimentel, José Rubio,
José Guardiola, Marta Padován, Luis Vilar, Juan Cortés.
Abstract: A man whose wife was murdered returns to his
town to marry another woman, against the resistance of the people.
- Bodas de sangre, Edmundo Guibourg et al., 1 videocassette
(125 min.), Argentina, 199u.
Notes: Performer Note: Margarita Xirgu, Pedro López Lagar,
Eduardo Alvarez Diosdado.
- Borges para millones, Jorge Luis Borges et al., 1 videocassette
(73 min.), Argentina.
Abstract: Jorge Luis Borges discusses his life and literary
works; includes staged reenactments of some of his works.
- La buena vida, René Mugica et al., 1 videocassette
(80 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Fernanda Mistral, Zulma Faiad, José
M. Langlais.
Abstract: A young man buys an apartment as part of a money-making
deal with his boss and his girlfriend's gypsy family move in.
The manager is appalled at the noisy family of around 8 people
with kids, dogs, and birds. However, this young man quickly falls
for a woman named Laura who lives in the same building. When the
family is kicked out and the money given back, the young man must
figure out how to lose his girlfriend and spend more time with
Laura.
- Buenos Aires, Rock IV. Festival B.A., Rock, Héctor
Olivera and Video Films S.R.L, 1 videocassette (90 min.), Argentina,
1919.
Abstract: Documents performances at the 4th Festival of
Buenos Aires, Rock by: Spinta Jade, Raúl Porchetto, Litto
Nebia, Pedro yh Pablo, Cantilo yh Punch, Rubén Rada, Los
Abuelos de la Nada, León Gieco, Peiro con Prema, Alejandro
Lerner, Orions, La Torre, and V-8. The filmmakers interview musicians
about their music, and explore how it is received by their audiences.
- Buenos días, Buenos Aires, Buenos días, Buenos
Aires, 1 videocassette (XX min.), Argentina.
- Caballos salvajes, Marcelo Piäneyro et al., 1 videocassette
(125 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Héctor Alterio, Leonardo Sbaraglio,
Cecilia Dopazo.
Abstract: Two men: Jose, 70 years old, and Pedro, who is
23, who connect at the precise moment at which the former intends
to end his life and the latter intends to begin it. Jose robs
the bank where Pedro works and takes him hostage, but Pedro takes
charge and he drives both of them out to the countryside. So begins
their adventure.
- Cada hogar, un mundo, Carlos Borcosque et al., 1 videocassette
(82 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: María Duval, Oscar Valicelli, María
Santos, Rufino Córdoba, Felisa Mary, Carlos Cores, Silvina
Roth, Tito Gómez, Ana Arneodo, Homero Cárpena, Alba
Castellanos, Carlos Lagrota, Eric Serrador, Semillita, Enrique
Chaico.
Abstract: The two sons of a marriage compete for the love
of an adolescent adopted by the family.
- Cadetes de San Martín, Mario Soffici and Arte Video
(Firm), 1 videocassette, Argentina, 1919.
- Camila, Maria Luisa Bemberg et al., 1 videocassette (105
min.), Los Angeles, Calif, 1985?
Notes: Performer Note: Susú Pecoraro, Imanol Arias, Hector
Alterio, Mona Maris.
Abstract: "Recounts the true story of a young Catholic
socialite from Buenos Aires, Camila O'Gorman, who falls in love
and runs away with a young Jesuit priest, Ladislao Gutierrez.
The two find temporary happiness in a small provincial village
... but their peace is ephemeral, and eventually they are recognized
and ultimately condemned to death without a trial."--External
container.
- Camino del infierno, Luis Saslavsky et al., 1 videocassette
(96 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Mecha Ortiz, Pedro López Lagar, Amelia
Bence, Elsa O'Connor, Alberto Bello, Alita Román, Rafael
Frontaura, Ofelia Cortesina, Alberto Vila, Herminia Mas, Guillermo
Battaglia, Iris Portillo, Aída Villadeamigo, Pedro Fiorito,
Pura Díaz.
Abstract: A thriller-melodrama, in which a woman, filled
with jealousy, stalks a man.
- Candida, la mujer de año, Enrique Santos Discépolo
et al., 1 videocassette (67 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Niní Marshall, Augusto Codecá,
Carlo Morganti.
Abstract: Candida Loureiro Ramallada and her husband, Jesús
are cheated by unscrupulous land salesmen and she establishes
herself as the leader of an organization people who have been
swindled. For this, she is named "woman of the year.".
- Cándida millonaria, Luis Bayón Herrera et al.,
1 videocassette, Montevideo, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Niní Marshall, Alberto Bello, Alejandro
Maximino.
- Caprichosa y millonaria, Enrique Santos Discépolo
et al., 1 videocassette (75 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Paulina Singerman, Tania, Augusto Codecá.
- La casa de los millones, Luis Bayón Herrera et al.,
1 videocassette, Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Sandrini, Olinda Bozán, Héctor
Quintanilla.
- Casa de muñecas, Ernesto Arancibia et al., 1 videocassette,
Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Delia Garcés, Jorge Rigaud.
- Casamiento en Buenos Aires, Niní Marshall et al.,
1 videocassette (87 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1995?
Notes: Performer Note: Niní Marshall, Enrique Serrano, Sabina
Olmos.
Abstract: A series of complicated misunderstandings occur
when a man, the evening before he is to be married, takes an American
singer to dinner and dancing.
- Casi no nos dimos cuenta, Antonio Ottone et al., 1 videocassette
(82 min.), San Luis, Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Ingrid Pelicori, Daniel Fanego, Arturo
Bonín.
Abstract: This is the story of Graciela and Alberto, a
middle-class couple, from their first days to their separation,
told through flashbacks during Graciela's psychoanalysis sessions.
Their breakup is traumatic for Graciela, but less so for Abel,
who has developed an interest in Susy.
- Cenizas del paraiso, Marcelo Piäneyro et al., 1
videocassette (135 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Héctor Alterio, Cecilia Roth, Leonardo
Sbaraglia.
Abstract: A judge falls from the roof of the Federal Courthouse.
A woman is murdered. Between them and the three sons of the judge
there is a connection that will be investigated by a woman judge
who is determined to discover the truth.
- Chorros, Jorge Coscia et al., 1 videocassette, Argentina,
198-.
Notes: Performer Note: Víctor Laplace, Javier Portales, Norberto
Díaz.
- Cien veces no debo, Alejandro Doria et al., 1 videocassette
(92 min.), San Luis, Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Norma Aleandro, Luis Brandoni, Andrea del
Boca.
Abstract: An average middle-class family. Lidia Beatriz
is the apple of her parent's eyes...until they discover she is
pregnant, and not by her offical fiancé, either. Suddenly
their love is in question as they worry about what the neighbors
will say.
- La cigarra no es un bicho, Daniel Tinayre et al., 1 videocassette
(107 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Narciso Ibañez Menta, Mirtha Legrand,
Angel Magaña.
Abstract: A case of bubonic plague is discovered in a fancy
hotel. The couples who are staying there are forced to keep quarantine.
- Cipayos la tercera invasion, Jorge Coscia et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Guillermo Gramuglia, Virginia innocenti,
Ines Estevez.
Abstract: In the near future, Buenos Aires is occupied
by the British Army. The British haven't come alone. In their
multi-national army are Scots, Irish, Gurkas, Hindus and Africans.
But the occupation isn't as peaceful as the invaders had hoped.
From a poor neighborhood comes Angel with a gang of young people.
They discover they have a powerful and effective weapon at their
disposal: the tango.
- Cita en las estrellas, Carlos Schlieper et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: María Duval, Juan Carlos Thorry, Alberto
de Mendoza.
- Comandos Azules in acción, Emilio Vieyra et al.,
1 videocassette (79 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Martínez, Germán Kraus,
Romualdo Quiroga
Added Title: Comandos Azules.
Abstract: In this sequel to Comandos Azules (1979), the
Commandos must spring into action once more to foil a group of
criminals who hide in the world of high society.
- Comedia rota, Oscar Barney Finn et al., 1 videocassette
(110 min.), Uruguay, Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Julia von Grolman, Ignacio Quirós,
Gianni Lunadei, Elsa Daniel, Arturo García Buhr, Thelma Stefani,
Elena Tasisto, Nelly Prono, Darwin Sánchez, Ricardo Fasán,
Jimeno del San Cuilco, Luis Cordara.
Abstract: A writer helps a divorced woman escape her usual
routine and isolated world.
- Comodines, Jorge Nisco et al., 1 videocassette (105 min.),
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Carlos Calvo, Adrian Suar, Rodolfo Ranni.
Abstract: Norberto Lorenzi is a police officer fighting
against the drug traffickers while during a mission, one of his
best friends is shot and killed. Norberto is assigned to work
with Guillermo Parodi and together they try to avenge Norberto's
friend's death.
- Con la musica en el alma, Luis Bayón Herrera et
al., 1 videocassette (91 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Francisco Canaro, Andres "Toscanito"
Poggio, Tito Lusiardo.
- Confesión, Luis J Moglia Barth et al., 1 videocassette
(92 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Hugo del Carril, Alberto Vila, M. Gómez
Bao.
Abstract: The plot is slight, dealing with the comings
and goings of the singing groups who visit the small villages
far from the bright lights of Buenos Aires. Los Zorzales are one
such group, who take with them a girl who dreams of leaving her
little town. When they return much later, she is now changed and
worldly.
- Contigo y aquí, Fernando Siro et al., 1 videocassette
(64 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Elio Roca, Mercedes Harris, Leonora Benedetto.
Abstract: A jewel heist doesn't go exactly as planned.
One of the thieves is wounded by a policeman. He must see a doctor,
but that makes the doctor an accomplice. The doctor escapes to
the countryside where he leads an exemplary life.
- Convivencia, Carlos Galettini et al., 1 videocassette
(96 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: José Sacristán, Luis Brandoni,
Cecilia Dopazo.
Abstract: Two single men in their late forties spend regular
weekends in a semi-derelict house on the Paraná river delta
near Buenos Aires. However, when a girl asks for shelter from
a storm, both men are forced to re-evaluate their lives and their
friendship.
- Corazón de Turco, Lucas Demare et al., 1 videocassette
(68 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Alí Salem de Baraja, Malisa Zini,
Roberto García Rámos.
- Corps perdus Cuerpos perdidos, Eduardo de Gregorio et
al., 1 videocassette (95 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Laura Morante, Tchéky Karyo, Gerardo
Romano, Georges Claisse.
- Correcional de mujeres, Emilio Vieyra et al., 1 videocassette
90 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Julio de Grazia, Edda Bustamante, Tony
Vilas.
Abstract: A bunch of women are detained for various crimes
and transported to a correctional facility, where they will meet
a terrible fate in this jail, subjected to the cruelty of some
of the wards and the tyranny of on of the oldest "guests.".
While there, a plan of escape is hatched and carried out which
then leads to the escape of about 8 women. Laura does not safely
make it and is left behind to die. Fortunately, she survives and
then attempts to help the women who are not doing well and are
now part of a prostitution ring.
- Cortazar, Tristán Bauer et al., 1 videocassette
(80 min.), Argentina, México, DF, 199-.
Abstract: At 80 years after his birth, and 10 years after
his death, Argentine writer Julio Cortázar narrates the story
of his life. His words, spoken by Cortázar and by actor Alfredo
Alcón, reveal a portrait of a man who gave us a literature
that portrays impressions of the world by one who lived life fully.
He worked with images the way Bach and Mozart worked with music,
interweaving them into jazz. His presence in images and in recordings
help illuminate a life that had a stormy beginning in Brussels
in 1914 and ended in the cemetary of Montparnasse, where the body
of the writer was laid to rest next to that of his wife, Carol
Dunlop.
- Crisol de hombres, Arturo Gemmiti et al., 1 videocassette
(80 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Pedro Maratea, Roberto Duran, Eduardo Otero.
Abstract: Epic comedy about how military service shapes
the characters and lives of a group of young enlistees.
- Cristina, Francisco Mugica et al., 1 videocassette (70
min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Zully Moreno, Esteban Serrador, Alberto
Closas.
Abstract: Cristina is about to marry and settle down when
her mother dies and she realizes that she doesn't really know
who she is. She moves to Buenos Aires where she quickly finds
a job and after not too long, falls in love as well. Unfortunately,
the man that she falls for is not very honest and even after giving
him a second chance, Cristina soon realizes she has made a mistake.
- La cruz Gil, Cine Testimonio (Firm) and Yesterday Video
Cine (Firm), 1 videocassette (20 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Abstract: This documentary explores the annual cultural
celebration of the death of Antonio Gil, a former leader of a
group of peasants in Mercedes, province of Corrientes, Argentina.
He was killed on January 8th during the fights between the unitarios
and federales in the middle of the 19th century, much to the dismay
of the people. Through interview excerpts and scenes of the Antonio
Gil Day, the loyalty and compassion of the town is revealed. For
them, it is an expression of faith for what Gil represented.
- La Cruz invertida The shattered cross, Mario David et
al., 1 videocassette (103 min.), United States, 1988.
Notes: Performer Note: Oscar Martínez, Ana Maria Picchío,
Arturo Maly
Added Title: The shattered cross.
Abstract: Carlos Samuel Torres, a young priest, is determined
to defend his ideals even against the Church or the Army, and
brings together three young people who also are fighting injustice.
- Cuando besa mi marido, Carlos Schlieper et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Malisa Zini, Angel Magaña, Juan Carlos
Thorry.
- Cuando canta el corazón, Richard Harlan et al.,
1 videocassette (102 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Hugo del Carril, Aída Luz, José
Ciarra.
- Cuando en el cielo pasan lista, Carlos Borcosque et al.,
1 videocassette XX min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Ilde Pirovano,
Ricardo Passano.
- Cuchillos de fuego, Román Chalbaud et al., 1 videocassette
(101 min.), Venezuela, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Miguelangel Landa, Gabriel Fernández,
Javier Zapata.
Abstract: The father of a young boy, David, abandons his
family. David's mother takes him in her search for work. They
take refuge with a troupe of traveling street performers, but
while they sleep, a man rapes and murders his mother. Years later,
having grown up with the troupe, he searches for the murderer
and dreams of revenge. After getting caught for petty theft, David
is thrown into prison. He is taken under the protection of the
leader of a prison gang who might be David's mother's murderer.
- La cumparsita, Antonio Momplet et al., 1 videocassette
(XX min.), Argentina, 1919.
- La Cuna vacía, Carlos Rinaldi and Solo Para Coleccionistas
(Firm), 1 videocassette, Argentina, 1919.
- Dablito de barrio, Antonio Cunill et al., 1 videocassette
(100 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Juan Carlos Calabro, Lorena Paola, Dalma
Millavos.
Abstract: Rita lives in a small town with her uncle. She
is a very personable girl and can get along with most anybody.
One day while out selling pens with her friend they find a wallet
that belongs to a rich gentleman. Rita decides to return it and
soon finds herself a part of a new family bringing love and happiness
to everyone.
- Danza del fuego, Daniel Tinayre and Videograma S.R.L,
1 videocassette, Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
- Dársena Sur, Lita Stantic, Pablo Reyero, and Video
Zoom (Firm), 1 videocassette (77 min.), Argentina, 1997.
Abstract: Documentary on the marginal Argentinian people
who live near the river (Dock Sur).
- De hombre a hombre, Hugo Fregonese et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Erique Muiño, Tito Alonso, Norma Giméniz.
- De mi barrio con amor, José Santiso et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 105 min.), Colonia, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Brandoni, Alicia Bruzzo, Roberto Carnaghi,
Fabian Vena, Ana María Giunta.
Abstract: Margarita is a somewhat plump widow who publishes
an ad in a newspaper in search of someone who will console and
understand her. She thus contacts Pirucho, a neighborhood produce
salesman, lady's man and would-be tango teacher. As they are about
to meet, she gets mixed up and involved with Julian, a rather
good-looking chap who is on a lucky streak.
- De regreso el país dormido, Gustavo Postiglione,
1 videocassette, Argentina.
- Debajo del mundo, Beda Docampo Feijóo et al., 1
videocassette (100 min.), San José, Uruguay, 198-.
Notes: Performer Note: Sergio Renán, Bárbara Mujica,
Víctor Laplace.
- La delatoría, Kurt Land et al., 1 videocassette
(85 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Riviero, Fada Santoro, Diana Maggi.
Abstract: Geraldo, a man who has his way with women, fences
stolen vehicles. He steals a car owned by a former lover, Margada.
Later, the car is found to contain parts made of pure gold. Then
Geraldo's plans begin to go wrong as various people work to turn
him into the police. They die mysterious deaths and Geraldo is
caught. He is sent to prison. Margada waits for him on the outside.
- Delirio, Arturo García Buhr et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Arturo García Buhr, Irma Córdoba,
Rosa Rosen.
- Derecho viejo, Manuel Romero et al., 1 videocassette
(85 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Juan José Miguez, Laura Hidalgo, Nélida,
Bilbao ; Narciso Ibáñez Menta.
Abstract: The film tells the story of the pioneers of tango.
Just as tango becomes triumphant, the composer Eduardo Arolas
loses the affection of his girlfriend due to the plotting of another
woman interested in him.
- Despabílate amor, Eliseo Subiela et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Dario Grandineti, Juan Leyrado, Soledad
Silveyra.
Abstract: Ernesto and Ana were young lovers who never got
married because Ana's parents did not think Ernesto was ambitious
enough. Now, 25 years later Ana and Ernesto meet again and although
Ana is married (to one of their old friends) and has a child,
there is still a connection between the two. Through getting to
know each other better, they both learn more about love.
- Después de ayer, Hebert Posse Amorin et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Enrique Liporace, María José
Demare, Oscar Ferreiro.
- Días de odio Emma Zanz, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson et
al., 1 videocassette (60 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Elisa Christián Galvé, Nicolás
Fregues, Virginia Romay.
- Dieciseís años, Carlos Hugo Christensen et
al., 1 videocassette, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: María Duval, George Rigaud, Alicia
Barrié.
- Divorcio en Montevideo, Manuel Romero et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Nini Marshall, Enrique Serrano, Sabina
Olmos.
- DNI, Luis Brunati et al., 1 videocassette (91 min.),
Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Paulino Andrada, Carlos Carella, Alberto
Fernández de Rosa.
Abstract: Congressman for the Partido Justicialista and
filmmaker Luis Brunati's film performs a structural analysis of
two centuries of Argentine history from a federal and provincial
standpoint, and also takes into consideration the viewpoints of
other political sectors. This analysis alternates with the fictional
history of a worker, of his family and their everyday problems.
"DNI" is the abbreviation of the national ID, the Documento
Nacional de Indentidad.
- Dock sud, Tulio Demicheli et al., 1 videocassette (88
min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Mario Fortuna, Ana Lassalle, Pepita Muñoz.
Abstract: "Inspired by real events which took place
in Riachuelo, July 12, 1930.".
- Doña Francisquita, Ladislaus Vajda et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Mirtha Legrand, Armando Calvo, Antonio
Casal.
Abstract: The Lambertini studio is mounting a performance
of the zarzuela "Doña Francisquito" for a benefit
function. It appears that Fernando will be the male half of the
love duet in the musical work. The excellent singing and enthusiasm
of Lambertini make real the love that the dreamy Francisquita
feels for Fernando. Unfortunately, he is in love with Aurora.
- Dos amigos y un amor, Lucas Demare et al., 1 videocassette
(82 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Pepe Iglesias "El Zorro", Juan
Carlos Thorry, Norma Castillo.
- Dos Quijotes sobre ruedas, Emilio Vieyra et al., 1 videocassette
(85 min.), Argentina.
Notes: Performer Note: Julio Aldama, Jorge Sobral, Susy Leiva.
Abstract: A pair of truck drivers are hired to haul the
body of a gangland hit, but they have second thoughts once they
are on the road.
- La edad del amor, Julio Saraceni et al., 1 videocassette
(105 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Lolita Torres, Alberto Dalbes, Ramón
Garay.
Abstract: The frustrated love of a famous artist and an
upper class man are repeated years later between their children.
- El abuelo, Román Viñoly Barreto et al., 1 videocassette
(94 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Enrique Muiño, Mecha Ortiz, Elsa Daniel,
Pedro Pompillo, Enrique Fava, Erika Mandel, José Ruzzo, Amalia
Bernabé, Lina Bardo, Alberto Barcel, Carlos Lagrotta.
Abstract: An old man returns to his town after many years
of absence. Instead of the tranquility and rest he expects to
find, he comes home to many family problems.
- El acompañamiento, Carlos Orgambide et al., 1 videocassette
(95 min.), Montevideo Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Carlos Carella, Franklin Caicedo, María
Rosa Gallo, Haydée Padilla.
Abstract: Tuco, a man on the verge of retirement, is an
amateur singer, who, as many others like him, considers himself
the mythical successor of Carlos Gardel. Someone has played a
bad prank on him, promising him a television debut, and, risking
everything, he breaks ties with everyone around him, shuts himself
up in his attic to practice singing and waits impaitiently for
the arrival of the guitarists, his accompaniment.
- El alma del bandoleón, Mario Soffici et al., 1 videocassette
(72 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Libertad Lamarque, Santiago Arrieta, Domingo
Sapelli.
Abstract: Elda and Fabián are actors hoping for a
big break. Their two-year old daughter dies, throwing their lives
into tragic disarray. If that weren't enough, Elda's ex-lover
comes back into their lives to stir them up further.
- El amor es una mujer gorda, Alejandro Agresti et al.,
1 videocassette (ca. 75 min.), Tucumán, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Elio Marchi, Sergio Poves Campos, Carlos
Roffé.
Abstract: José is a journalist in Buenos Aires shortly
after the fall of the military dictatorship. He cannot accept
that his wife is one of the "disappeared" and he gets
in trouble with his newspaper when he writes and article criticizing
an American film crew working in Argentina.
- El amor nunca muere, Luis Cesar Amadori et al., 1 videocassette
(117 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Zully Moreno ; Mirtha Legrand, Tita Merello.
- El arreglo, Fernando Ayala et al., 1 videocassette (90
min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Federico Luppi, Julio de Grazia, Rodolfo
Ranni, Haydee Padilla.
Abstract: In a suburb of Buenos Aires, construction is
underway to pipe in water. Unfortunately, only some of the inhabitants
will benefit; the rest will be forced to continue relying on their
worn-out pumps that constantly break down. The neighbors decide
they will bribe the overseerer of the project; only housepainter
Luis Bellamo refuses to go along with the plan, arguing that honesty
is the greater good.
- El ausente, Rafael Filippelli et al., 1 videocassette
(80 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Omar Rezk, Roberto Suter, Ana María
Mazzaza.
Abstract: Raúl Salas is the general secretary of a
major union in Córdoba, Argentina who is trying to fight
the union politics as best he can despite continual defeat. It
is a time of unrest, around 1975, and Salas watches and hopes
that what he builds will last. However, even the greatest of leaders
can only do so much.
- El bulín, Angel Acciaresi et al., 1 videocassette
(87 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Norman Briski, Beatriz Bonnet, Susana Campos,
Juan Ramón, Jorge Porcel, Fidel Pintos, Nelly Láinez,
Horacio Bruno, Eddie Pequenino, Javier Portales, Linda Peretz,
Rosángela Balbo, Mimí Pons, Norma Pons, Nancy Lopresti,
Vicente Rubino, Vicente Quintana "Charola", Amaiia Bernabé,
Luisina Brando, Mary Pelliza, Daniel Razeni, Estela Vidal, Teresa
Wallon.
Abstract: From time immemorial, the "bulín"
has been a "porteño" institution, coveted by all
male natives of the city, regardless of their age. These are the
adventures of five employees of the same office who acquire a
a small apartment which they can use to make romantic rendezvous.
- El camino de los sueños, Javier Torre et al., 1
videocassette (88 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1993.
Notes: Performer Note: Victor Lapaple, Sandra Bellesteros, Lito
Cruz.
Abstract: Ignacio Silva is a mediocre Argentine professor
living in the United States and Verónica is wanderer who
plays with the hearts of all the men who love her. Together they
find a sensual relationship and together they find a single right
path ... the path of dreams.
- El camino hacia la muerte del viejo reales, Gerardo Vallejos,
1 videocassette (66 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Abstract: Documentary about the exploitation of workers
in sugar cane plantations of Tucumán, Argentina.
- El canillita y la dama, Luis Cesar Amadori et al., 1
videocassette (95 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Sandrini, Rosita Moreno, Lalo Bouhier.
- El cañonero de Giles, Manuel Romero et al., 1 videocassette,
Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Sandrini, Luisa Vehil, Marcos Caplan.
- El cantor del pueblo, Antonio Ber Ciani et al., 1 videocassette
(78 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Roberto Quiroga, Tito Lusiardo, Mario Fortuna.
Abstract: Three young men leave their neighborhood to seek
their fame as tango singers.
- El cantor enamorada, Juan Antonio Serna et al., 1 videocassette
(88) min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Hernán Figueroa Reyes, Enrique Coria,
Sergio Capote Piñero.
Abstract: Musical comedy about a singer traveling from
town to town with his bandmates.
- El capitán Pérez, Enrique Cahen Salaberry et
al., 1 videocassette, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Olinda Bozán, José Olarra, Alberto
Bello.
- El capitán veneno, Enrique Martinent et al., 1 videocassette
(73 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Sandrini, Rosa Rosen, J. García
León.
- El casamiento de Laucha, Enrique Dawi et al., 1 videocassette
(99 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Landriscina, Malvina Pastorino, Mario
Sánchez.
Abstract: Laucha is a wanderer who lands in a small town,
hired to tend bar. Laucha helps his boss, Carolina, increase her
profits and wins her love. They get married before she discovers
his gambling problems. He loses all her money and leaves her.
On the road again, he has ample time to examine his faults and
realize what he has thrown away.
- El caso María Soledad, Hector Olivera et al., 1
videocassette (125 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1993.
Notes: Performer Note: Carolina Fal, Valentina Bassi, Belen Blanco.
Abstract: Based on real events, the film tells the story
of a brutal crime from the viewpoint of the victim's best friend.
María Soledad Morales was raped and murdered near her college.
Mava, her friend, seeks to find out the truth about the crime.
- El censor, Eduardo Calcagno et al., 1 videocassette (107
min.), Lavelle, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Ulises Dumont, Lorenzo Quinteros, Alberto
Segado.
Abstract: The action begins in 1977, during the time of
the final military government. Raúl Veirabés is the
head of the film censorship office. He is a man of average taste,
frank, discerning and honest--one whose taste in films conflict
with his duties. he lives with his adolescent daughter in an unremarkable
life, other than his secret collection of the most beautiful parts
of the films he has censored. 8 years later, democracy reigns
and he has difficulty in reconciling his former life with the
present reality.
- El centroforward murio al amanecer, René Mugica
et al., 1 videocassette, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Medina Castro, Raúl Rossi, Pierina
Dealessi.
- El Che, Aníbal di Salvo et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 82 min.), Argentina, 199u.
Notes: Performer Note: Hugo Arana, Ulises Dumont, Alejo García
Pintos.
Abstract: Dramatized story of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's
pursuit by the Bolivian Army and his death at their hands.
- El conde de Montecristo, León Klimovsky et al.,
1 videocassette (100 min.), Argentina, 1992.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Mistral, Elina Colomer, Nelly Meden.
Abstract: Edmond Dantes is imprisoned in the Chateau d'If
without trial, for carrying a message from Napoleon in exile on
Elba. After being told that he died in prison, his fiancée
Mercedes is forced to marry his rival De Villefort. Twenty years
later, Dantes escapes with the help of the Abbe Faria, who leaves
him the treasure of Monte Cristo. Dantes, now called the Count
of Monte Cristo, plans his revenge on the three who framed him.
- El cura gaucho, Lucas Demare et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Enrique Muiño, Aída Alberti,
Eloy Alverez.
- El cura Lorenzo, Augusto César Vatteone et al.,
1 videocassette (78 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Angel Magaña, Nelly Meden, Tito Alonso.
Abstract: Fictionalized story of Father Lorenzo Massa,
who came to Buenos Aires in 1907, and who took a street soccer
team under his wings at the Oratorio de San Antonio. The Club
Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro became famous in Argentina
and its members were lionized as true heroes of the motherland.
- El dedo en la llaga, Alberto Lecchi et al., 1 videocassette
(110 min.), IArgentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Dario Graninetti, Juanjo Puigcorbé,
Karra Elejalde.
Abstract: Angel and Eduardo are two good friends that travel
around together acting. As they head to another destination their
car breaks down and they are forced to stay in a small pueblo
for awhile. While there, Eduardo runs into an old friend, now
a professor in the town, and together the three of them try to
open the town's theater up again. However, the police do not approve
and try multiple times to break up the acting group.
- El derecho de nacer, Tito Davison et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 93 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Aurora Bautista, Julio Aleman, Maricruz
Olivier.
Abstract: A young woman in Cuba in the early part of the
20th century gives birth to an illegitimate son. The child is
taken away to be raised by the family's maid. Years later, he
has grown into a handsome young man and she has become a nun,
having been shunned by her family. When her father is on his deathbed,
she comes to to him in an attempt to reconcile.
- El deseo, Emilio Villalba Wells et al., 1 videocassette
(80 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Roberto Airaldi, Santiago Gomez Cou, Aida
Luz, Elsa O'Connor.
Abstract: A young woman is accused of murder.
- El Diablo andaba en los Choclos, Manuel Romero et al.,
1 videocassette, Argentina, 1946.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Sandrini, Silvana Roth, Alita Roman.
- El embajador, Tito Davision et al., 1 videocassette (100
min.), Argentina, 1919.
- El extrano caso de la mujer asesinada, Boris Hardy et
al., 1 videocassette, Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: María Duval, George Rigaud, Francisco
Martínez Allende.
- El fabricante de estrellas, Manuel Romero and Videograma
S.R.L, 1 videocassette, Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
- El familiar, Octavio Getino et al., 1 videocassette (100
min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Carlos Lagos, Noemi Manzano, Hugo Alvarez.
Abstract: Inspired by legend from northern Argentina, the
Getino presents an allegory about the people of Latin America.
- El gordo catástrofe, Hugo Moser et al., 1 videocassette
(100 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Porcel, Moria Casán, Graciela
Alfano.
Abstract: Catrasca is a big man who is very accident prone.
He is a chef for a nice restaurant and also cooks during the day
for a boys home. One day, he gets hit by the car of a beautiful
lady who then takes him to her home where her father, a doctor,
takes care of him. Catrasca then ends up working for their family
and manages to get caught up in the revealing of a secret potion
that the doctor has created.
- El Gordo Villanueva, Julio Saraceni et al., 1 videocassette
(80 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Porcel, Julia Sandoval, Juan Carlos
Altavista.
Abstract: Gordo (the big one) Villanueva is put on trial
for having cheated people out of things. As the case unfolds,
many people that Gordo knows, (including family, friends, and
acquaintances) speak up. Most do not say much nice, but Gordo
has this way of making light of any situation. In the end, he
manages to pull off another of his unexpected performances.
- El Gran calavera, Luis Buñuel and Epoca Video Ediciones
(Firm), 1 videocassette (90 min), Buenos Aires Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Event Note: Videocassette release of the 1949 motion picture
Added Title: The Great madcap.
Abstract: Satirical film exploring the themes of transexual
humor, sexuality in advertising, the working class' comical exploitation
of the ruling classes, and the link between Christian evangelism
and hard-sell advertising.
- El hermano José, Antonio Momplet et al., 1 videocassette
(93 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Pepe Arias, Ernesto Raquén, Raimundo
Pastore.
Abstract: A comedy featuring healers, magicians and the
appearance of spirits in an abandoned house.
- El hermoso Brummel, Julio Saraceni et al., 1 videocassette
(89 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Fidel Pintos, Delfi Ortega, Carlos Enriquez.
Abstract: His name was George Bryan Brummell, but he was
known as Beau Brummell as a popular tribute to his almost diabolical
fame as a dandy. He leaves the Army after insulting the Prince
of Wales, regent of the king. He plots his revenge and puts himself
at the center of palace intrigue and scandals.
- El heroico Bonifacio, Enrique Cahen Salaberry et al.,
1 videocassette, Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Pepe Iglesias, Nélida Romero, Andrés
Mejuto.
- El hijo del crack, Leopoldo Torres Ríos, Leopoldo
Torre Nilsson, and Videograma S.R.L, 1 videocassette, Montevideo,
Uruguay, 199-.
- El hombre del sábado, Leopoldo Torres Ríos
et al., 1 videocassette (70 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Pedro Quartucci, Virginia Luque, Pedro
Maratea.
Abstract: A working class man named Antonio Pérez
is in love with an actress named Nora. After a series of love
letters, he finally gets the opportunity to meet her. He buys
a lottery ticket and ends up winning a lot of money. Along with
this new fortune, he acquires new acquaintances and finds himself
on unexpected adventures, all in the hope of winning Nora's heart.
- El hombre que amé, Alberto de Zavalía et al.,
1 videocassette, Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Pedro López Lagar, Delia Garcés,
Jorge Salcedo.
- El idolo del tango, Héctor A Canziani et al., 1
videocassette (70 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Abstract: A young saleswoman in a music shop becomes enamoured
with a popular singer.
- El ídolo del tango, Héctor A Canziani et al.,
1 videocassette (81 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995.
Notes: Performer Note: Julio Martel, Graciela Lecube, Héctor
Ferraro
Contents: El ídolo del tango (b&w; 64 min.) -- Documentary
footage (col., ca. 17 min.).
Abstract: Feature is followed by short documentary showing
a celebration in honor of Julio Martel which took place in Buenos
Aires on Apr. 15, 1992. Includes clips from Julio Martel's films.
- El Inquisidor de Lima el fuego del pecado, Bernardo Arias
et al., 1 videocassette, La Paz, Uruguay, 198-.
Notes: Performer Note: Duilo Marzio, María Aurelia Bisutti,
Elena Sedova.
- El juguete rabioso, Javier Torres et al., 1 videocassette
(93 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Thelma Biral, Lito Cruz, Mariano Torre,
Onofre Lovero, María Vaner, Jorge Luz, Juan Acosta, Jean
Pierre Regueraz, Lara Ebekián, Federico Mini, Nazareno Alvarez,
Horacio Rocca, Augusto Britez, Horacio Marassi, Enrique Otranto.
Abstract: A young man has ambitions to become an inventor,
but he is only employed at a book store. In 1984, the director
Jose Maria Paoloantonio made another film based on the famous
novel by Robert Arlt.
- El lado oscuro del corazón, Eliseo Subiela et al.,
1 videocassette (127 min.), San Luis, Argentina, 1992.
Notes: Performer Note: Dario Grandinetti, Sandra Ballesteros,
Nacha Guevara.
Abstract: The story of Oliverio, a poet who searches for
a woman who knows how to fly, while Death, which constantly stalks
him tries to convince him that for her flying would be quotidian.
Ana, a prostitute, will be Oliverio's "discovery", will
incarnate the sought love, at times happy, at others, melancholy
but always surprising.
- El macho, Marcello Andrei et al., 1 videocassette (90
min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Carlos Monzón, Malisa Longo, Susana
Giménez.
Abstract: A shipment of gold destined for the Bank of Abilene
is robbed by bandits. When the Sheriff arrives, he notices that
one of the dead bandits looks like the Kid, an adventurer whom
the Sheriff has met recently. The Sheriff persuades the Kid to
infiltrate the bandit. The Kid discovers that the gold is a fake
and the whole thing is an insurance swindle cooked up by Banker
Ross, in collaboration with the Sheriff and a mysterious figure
called Soledad.
- El más infeliz del pueblo, Luis Bayón Herrera
et al., 1 videocassette (70 min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Sandrini, Héctor Qintanilla,
Iris Martorelli.
Abstract: Panteleón Cordero is about to be married.
However, his wife-to-be is worried that she will be embarrassed
by this man who always gets nervous and mumbles. Still, they marry
and yet manage to argue, even on their wedding day. Panteleón
must iron out the rumors and gain back the respect from his wife.
Thus, as he develops and time goes on, Panteleón pulls through
with confidence despite his wife's doubts.
- El milagro de Ceferino Namuncirá, Máximo Berrondo
et al., 1 videocassette (70 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Nelly Ortiz, Lucerito, Adelio Marzerati.
Abstract: Wealthy landowner and widow Señora Catalina
plans to marry her homebound son Raphael to one of her servants,
Irene. To her surprise, Raphael brings home a wife who is of pure
indigenous Argentinean blood, much to Señora Catalina's disliking.
Meanwhile Irene schemes on how she can steal Señora Ctlalina's
land holding by any means necessary.
- El misterio del cuarto amarillo, Julio Saraceni et al.,
1 videocassette (78 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Santiago Gómez Cou, Tito Alonso, Herminia
Franco.
Abstract: Matilde lives with her father and one night is
assaulted by an intruder in her yellow room. The intruder escapes
and soon detectives and reporters are at the house trying to figure
out the mystery. Everyone is in eager anticipation of the intruders
return, when one night, shots are fired and someone dies. However,
the truth is not divulged until a dramatic court seen where Matilde's
secrets are revealed.
- El misterioso Tio Sylas, Máximo Berrondo and Videograma
S.R.L, 1 videocassette, Montevideo, 1919.
Abstract: Muet (Elsa O'Connor), daughter of wealthy businessman
(Ricardo Galache) is left with the responsibility of rehabilitating
her mysterious uncle Sylas, after her father's death.
- El morocho del abasto, Julio Rossi et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Rolando Chaves, Tito Lusiardo, Pierina
Dealessi.
- El Muerto The Dead man, Fernando Ayala et al., 1 videocassette
(103 min.), United States, Fresno, CA, 1987?
Notes: Performer Note: Francisco Rabal, Thelma Biral, Juan Jose
Camero
Added Title: Dead man.
Abstract: "Traces the life of Benjamin Otálora.
In nineteenth century South America, Otálora must flee Buenos
Aires for killing a man. On his arrival in Montevideo, he meets
the leader of a smuggling ring who takes him under his wings.
As the aging gang leader takes sick however, Otálora covertly
attempts to claim power within the ring."--External container.
- El mundo contra mi, Beda Docampo Feijóo et al.,
1 videocassette (ca. 88 min.), San Luis, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Pauline Rachid, Mirta Bunelli, Daniel Fanego,
Jorge Marrale, Carolino Papaleo.
Abstract: An exploration of growing up in modern Argentina.
Florencia is the daughter of a filmmaker and nothing is going
right in her life. She records her thoughts on a video diary and
day by day, the world seems to be falling apart around her--her
mother may be having an affair, she doesn't fit in with her peers,
she doesn't feel attractive. Soon, something must change.
- El negro que tenía el alma blanca, Hugo del Carril
et al., 1 videocassette (87 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Hugo del Carril, María Rosa Salgado,
Antonio Casal.
- El pendiente, León Klimovsky et al., 1 videocassette
XX min.), Argentina, 1951.
Notes: Performer Note: Mirtha Legrand, José Cibrián,
Francisco de Paula.
Abstract: The heroine falls in love with Luciano Varilla,
only to later discover he is being unfaithful. She moves away
from town to avoid Luciano because he starts stalking her. She
later meets and falls in love with Roberto. Luciano tracks the
her down and attempts to blackmail her by using letters that she
had written to him while they were involved. Luciano changes the
dates on the letters and accuses her of adultery.
- El picnic de los Campanelli, Enrique Carreras et al.,
1 videocassette (70 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Alberto Anchart, Dorita Burgos, Osvaldo
Canonico.
Abstract: A family picnic turns out to be more than just
a day of relaxation. A group of four men end up chasing their
stolen suitcase of money that the family has accidently taken
on their picnic with them. The men go through many of the day's
activities just to get what they want. Still, by the end, everyone
ends up content with their day away from the city.
- El pijama de Adán, Francisco Mugica, 1 videocassette
XX min.), Argentina, 1919.
- El portón de los sueños vida y obra de Augusto
Roa Bastos, Hugo Gamarra Etcheverry et al., 1 videocassette
(100 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Narration: Augusto Roa Bastos.
Abstract: Portrait of the writer Augusto Roa Bastos, considered
Paraguay's greatest living writer. Roa Bastos narrates a reconstruction
of his childhood, mixed in with dramatizations of writings.
- El profesor punk, Enrique Carreras et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Porcel, Julio de Grazia, Beatríz
Salomón.
Abstract: Amadeo Pancurullo is the music teacher at a coeducational
high school. He goes on a camping trip with his students and a
few other teachers. Two prisoners who have escaped from jail end
up in their midst when they hunt for loot buried just in the center
of the camp.
- El professor Cero, Luis César Amadori et al., 1
videocassette, Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Pepe Arias, Zully Moreno, Osvaldo Miranda.
- El reñidero, René Mugica et al., 1 videocassette
(65 min.), Montevideo, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Alfredo Alcón, Francisco Petrone,
Jorge Salcedo.
Abstract: Wealthy Argentine ranch owner, Don Pancho Morales,
gets mysteriously murdered. His emotionally disturbed daughter,
Elena, who was in love with him convinces her brother Orestes
that her mother and the groundskeeper, Soriano, were responsible
for the murder. Orestes is faced with the decision of avenging
his father or believing the truth that his mother tells him.
- El retrato, Carlos Schlieper et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Mirtha Legrand, Juan Carlos Thorry, Alberto
Bello.
- El soltero, Carlos F Borcosque et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Argentina, 198-.
Notes: Performer Note: Claudio García Satur, Fernanda Mistral,
Enrique Almada.
Abstract: Raúl is a single man who has many problems.
He likes women, but can not seem to settle down. His ex-girlfriend
Marta was not enough for him and he could not commit to her. Meanwhile,
his mother and friends keep trying to get him to move on in life.
After many setbacks, including leaving his girlfriend, getting
robbed, arguments with his family, and losing other women, Raul
must really decide what is best for him.
- El solterón, Fernando Mujica et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 90 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Enrique Serrano, Juan Carlos Thorry, Fanny
Navarro.
Abstract: Tomasito is a bachelor and a member of an old
family who lives in the center of the city, uncontaminated by
ideas about the night life. He travels to Europe and discovers
a new world in the temptations of the Old World. Many years later,
he discovers he has a 30 year-old son and decides to help him
avoid the depths to which he, himself fell.
- El tango vuelve a Paris, Manuel Romero et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Alberto Castillo, Aníbal Triolo, Severo
Fernández.
Abstract: In this sequel to Romero's Tres anclados en Paris,
a singer goes to Paris to introduce the tango to the City of Light.
While he is there, he falls in love.
- El tío disparaté, Palito Ortega et al., 1 videocassette
(81 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Carlitos Bala, Las Trillizas de Oro, Javier
Portales, Iris Laínez.
- El túnel, León Klimovsky et al., 1 videocassette
(94 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Laura Hidalgo, Carlos Thompson, Santiago
Gómez Cou, Bemardo Perrone, Maruja Gil Quesada, Pascual Pellicciotta,
Ricardo Lavié. Enrique Fava, Margarita Burke, Fausto Padul,
Alfredo Distasio, luan Ehlelt, Guillermo Witte, Inés dc Tolosa.
Abstract: Adapted from the novel of the same title by Ernesto
Sabato, about a painter who kills the woman he loves.
- El último perro, Lucas Demare et al., 1 videocassette
(80 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Hugo del Carril, Nelly Heden, Nelly Panizza.
Abstract: When María Faviana was a little girl, Indians
killed everyone in her family, but her father put her on a horse
in hopes that she would be found. She ends up at a small community
where they take her in. As she grows up, María is faced with
the threat of Indians, the jealousy of other men in the village,
and the loss of her family. When another family is attacked, a
small girl is orphaned, and so María takes her in and together
the two of them try to survive as best they can.
- El verano del potro, Andre Melançon et al., 1 videocassette
(100 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Héctor Alterio, Alexandra London-Thompson,
Juan de Benedictis.
Abstract: Daniel, Laura, and Felipe go to their grandparents'
house every summer. This summer, Daniel (the oldest boy) really
wants to break in a wild horse and learn to ride him. However,
Martín, a close childhood friend that lives with his family
on the same ranch, gets a little jealous because he wants the
horse. Meanwhile, Laura tries to understand why her grandfather
seems not to love her anymore. By the end of the summer, frienships
are renewed and family ties are made stronger.
- El verso, Santiago Carlos Oves et al., 1 videocassette
(95 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Brandoni, Virginia Lago,Tincho Zabala.
Abstract: Juan lives off the "hustle," that is,
telling stories, his gift of gab, selling apples for oranges,
knife sharpeners to bus riders. He is not worthy of admiration
or pity. He is a human being whose life took a bad turn. His middle-class
aspirations crushed by unemployment, he makes a living selling
coffee in the streets. He has learned to live from the distinguished
art of "hustling." Juan makes believe that he deceives
everyone -- his "clients," his wife Rosa, his lover
Myriam , even the "Rumanian" who refuses to extend him
any more credit, but in reality Juan deceives no one. This Argentinean
institution is a house of cards which crumbles on its own, and
Juan, with his dream of becoming a radio commentator ("imagine,
they pay you just for talking!"), must face reality.
- El Viaje The voyage, Fernando E Solanes et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 133 min.), United Kingdom, 1997.
Notes: Performer Note: Walter Quiroz, Soledad Alfaro, Ricardo
Bartis.
Abstract: In this companion piece to Solanas' films Tangos
and Sur, 17 yr. old Martin sets out an odyssey through Latin America
to find his father, last heard of working as an anthropologist
in Brazil. He hopes his journey will serve as an important rite
of passage to resolve his search for his identity. He sets out
by bicycle, wending his way from Tierra del Fuego to Peru, the
Andes highlands, and then on to the Amazon, finally reaching the
Brazilian gold mine where his father now works as a prospector.
Along the epic journey, Martin experiences Latin American reality
and myth, and witness the absurdities and contradictions which
the director, Fernando Solanas, believes represent modern-day
Argentina.
- El viejo doctor, Mario Soffici et al., 1 videocassette
(76 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Enrique Muiño, Alicia Vignoli, Angel
Magaña.
Abstract: An old, traditional doctor comes into conflict
with a young doctor with new medical ideas and practices.
- El viejo Hucha, Lucas Demare et al., 1 videocassette
(85 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Enrique Muiño, Francisco Petrone,
Nuri Montse.
Abstract: A wealthy Argentine businessman and father of
six, shelters his children and is very strict with them. All that
he wishes is for them to be successful and safe, but he alienates
them in the process. Humberto, the eldest son leads a lifestyle
of a gambling mobster just to spite his father.
- El Zorro pierde el pelo, Mario C Lugones et al., 1 videocassette,
Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Pepe Iglesias, Fidel Pintos, María
Esther Gamas.
- Ellos nos hicieron así, Mario Soffici et al., 1
videocassette (94 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Olga Zubarry, Alberto Mendoza, Golde Flami.
Abstract: Manuel, a smart and handsome young man, is in
love with Francisca. Unfortunately, Manuel's father bvegins to
suffer from arthritis and Manuel must postpone school in order
to run his father's business. Upon learning this, Francisca chooses
another man and leaves Manuel in the past. A series of unhappy
events convinces Francisca of her mistake, and she seeks out Manuel
once more.
- En el nombre del hijo, Jorge Polaco et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 88 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Margot Moreyra, Ariel Bonomi, Fernando
Madanes.
Abstract: "This is a family chonicle without any concessions,
where everything happens like newspaper headlines. Its characters
are purely Argentinean and they offer a range of perversions representative
of our repressive society. Those characters get universialized
in the great conflicts of Man: identiry, loneliness, sex, madness
and death. A mother and her son and the different forms of overprotection:
rejection, jealously, complicity and aversion. Two people who
are seemingly adrift, with autonomous, but compromised identies."
--Jorge Polaco.
- En el viejo Buenos Aires, Antonio Momplet et al., 1 videocassette
(82 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Liberdad Lamarque, Luis Aldas, Orestes
Caviglia, Elsa O'Connor.
- En memoria de Paulina, Alejandro Areal Vélez et
al., 1 videocassette (54 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Cecilia Biagni, Marcelo Silva, Luis Rubio,
Leandro Bardach.
Abstract: Carlo is in love with Paulina, but he takes up
an offer to study abroad. At a party the last night before he
leaves, Julio Montaro, an acquaintance, offers to accompany Paulina
home. Carlo hears nothing from Paulina for two years, then when
he returns to Argentina, she suddenly reappears and they have
a passionate meeting. Just as suddenly, she is gone again. When
he tells his friend, Morgan, about seeing Paulina, Morgan informs
him that Montaro murdered her the night of the party and is in
prison.
- Encadenado, Enrique de Rosas et al., 1 videocassette,
Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Enrique de Rosas, Alita Roman, E. Raquen.
- Encuentros muy cercanos con señoras de cualquier tipo,
Hugo Moser et al., 1 videocassette (84 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay,
1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Alberto Olmedo, Jorge Porcel, Moria Casán.
Abstract: A business man hires two comedians to close a
deal with some clients in exchange for financing their own theater.
The comedians convince two aspiring actresses to pose as their
wives. The comedians at last gain their own theater but only after
many adventures.
- Ernesto Sábato, Yesterday Video Cine (Firm), 1 videocassette
(55 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Abstract: Interview with author Ernesto Sábatos, which
took place in Santos Lugares, Argentina, in Jan. 1996.
- Escrito en el agua, Marcos Loayza et al., 1 videocassette
(80 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Mariano Bertolini, Jorge Marrale , Noemi
Frenkel, Marcos Woinsky , Francisco Cocuzza, Luciana González
Costa, Alejandro Awada, Mara Florencia Pal, Julieta Novarro, Daniel
di Giulio, José Antonio Ciangoglini.
Abstract: An adolescent travels with his executive father
to a town in the interior, to visit his grandfather and so that
his father can resolve a conflict with his petroleum company.
The young boy falls in love with a girl and finds out the lies
that his father and grandfather have been telling him all of his
life.
- Espérame, Louis J Gasnier et al., 1 videocassette
(61 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Carlos Gardel, Goyita Herrero, Lolita Benavente,
Manuel Paris, Jaime Devesa, Manuel Bernardos, Matilde Artero,
José Arg elles, Leon Lavalle.
Abstract: One of the first films of the legendary singer
of tango, Carlos Gardel. Filmed in Paris.
- Espérame mucho, Victor Laplace et al., 1 videocassette
(91 min.), Argentina, 1986.
Notes: Performer Note: Victor Laplace, Alicia Bruzzo, Arturo Bonin.
Abstract: Memories of a Jewish boy growing up in Buenos
Aires in the 1950s.
- Está es mi vida, Román Viñoly Barreto
et al., 1 videocassette (96 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Miguel de Molina, Adolfo Stray, Fidel Pintos.
- La estancia de Gaucho Cruz, Leopoldo Torres Ríos
et al., 1 videocassette (76 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: José Gola, Rosa Rosen, Francisco Alverez.
Abstract: A baby is left at a rancho. Hilario Cruz, the
patrón, and his gauchos must take care of it while they try
to discover who the mother might be.
- Estrellas de Buenos Aires, Kurt Land et al., 1 videocassette
(68 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Pepe Arias, Alfredo Barbieri, Maruja Montes.
- Eva Perón, Juan Carlos Desanzo et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 102 min.), Argentina, San Luis, 1996.
Notes: Performer Note: Esther Goris, Victor Laplace, Cristina
Banegas.
Abstract: The film centers on Argentina's beloved first
lady, Eva Duarte de Perón, in her 1951 election bid for vice
president. She attempts to persuade her controversial husband,
President Juan Perón, to run with her on the same ticket.
But opposing political factions, secretly plotting to overthrow
the Perón regime, see her as a threat to their power because
of her popular charity efforts for her country's poor masses.
- Expedición Atlantis, Alfredo Barragán, Centro
de Actividades Deportivas, Exploración y Investigación
(Argentina), and Video Scope (Firm), 1 videocassette (83 min.),
Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Narrators: Alfredo Barragán, Andrés
Salcedo.
Abstract: The film shows the preparations and the journey
on the raft Atlantis from Africa to South America by members of
the Centro de Actividades Deportivas, Exploración y Investigación
(CADEI).
- Extrañas salvajes, Carlos Lemos et al., 1 videocassette
(78 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Victor Laplace, Emilia Mazer, Ana María
Giunta.
Abstract: The hero is stranded on the Isla del Placer after
a vacation river float goes awry. He is captured by a band of
scantily clad Swedish women who are living as primitives after
their plane crashed. He discovers captivity is to his liking until
he is snatched up by another band of women who take him to their
queen. The Swedish women go into action to recapture their prize.
- Fangio, el demonio de las pistas, Román Viñoly
Barreto et al., 1 videocassette (80 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Amrando Bó, Miguel Gómez Bao,
Yvonne de Lys.
Abstract: Juan Manuel Fangio is one of the best car racers
the world has ever known. He comes from a small Argentinean town
and with the support of his family does many great things. Even
though he does suffer losses, Fangio is a true champion who just
loves to win.
- Fantasma en la Patagonia, Claudio Remedi and Videograma
S.R.L, 1 videocassette (82 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay.
Abstract: Sierra Grande is a city of 18,00 people in Patagonia.
In 1992, the governor under President Menem closed the HIPARSA
iron mines, causing nearly one-third of the population to leave
during the economic difficulties which followed. The mine was
converted to a tourist site Those remaining live in hope of a
reactivation of the mines.
- La fiesta de todos, Sergio Renán et al., 1 videocassette
(97 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Juan Carlos Calbro, Ricardo Espalter, Julio
de Grazia.
Abstract: Posing as a documentary about the 1978 World
Cup Soccer games in Buenos Aires, the film shows the exuberance
of the fans and the city as Argentina triumphed over the Netherlands.
- Filomena Marturano, Luis Mottura and Videograma S.R.L,
1 videocassette, Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
- Fin de fiesta, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and Videograma
S.R.L, 1 videocassette, Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
- Fleche de oro, Carlos Borcosque et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 80 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Pepe Arias, Gloria Grey, Agustín Barrios.
Abstract: In his starring role, Pepe Arias plays an ordinary
clerk who unexpectedly receives an inheritance from a cousin.
The legacy consists of 149 peso, a passenger bus--and a girl.
He struggles to fulfill his duties as a bus driver, clerk and
tutor to the girl, to a comic end.
- Flop, Roberto Fernández et al., 1 videocassette
(105 min.), Buenos Aires Argentina, 198.
Notes: Performer Note: Victor Laplace, Federico Luppi, Enrique
Pinti.
Abstract: One night in 1941, in a downtown theater in Buenos
Aires, a presentation of the work "Flop" is finishing
up, based on the legendary, almost mystic life of an old 64 year
old actor who enjoys great popularity. That night, a strange person
bursts in to interview Flop. Flop recall his past with irony and
humor, and what is happening onstage gets confused with what he
is telling.
- La flor de la Mafia, Hugo Moser et al., 1 videocassette
(113 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Zulma Faiad, Federico Luppi, Rodolfo Ranni.
Abstract: 1974: murders commited by Lucho demonstrate the
force of his criminal organization, and a mysterious woman out
to revenge her mother's death. The Mafia, drugs, prostitution
and a series of tangles send Lucho into a crisis as Sandra meets
Alfredo and create a new Mafia.
- Fotografo de señoras, Hugo Moser et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Porcel, Graciela Alfano, Adolfo García
Grau.
Abstract: Jorge works for a newspaper and is unknowingly
always getting caught in the middle of everything. He is a photographer
and obtains some inappropriate pictures of his boss that need
to be destroyed. However, the hunt for the negatives becomes a
confusing adventure that leads to one mess after another.
- Fotos del alma, Diego Musiak et al., 1 videocassette
(90 min.), San Luis, Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Jorge Díaz, María Laura León,
Patricio Contreras.
Abstract: Pablo and Mariana, a young creative couple expecting
their first child, discover Pablo is HIV positive. The news forces
their separation. Pablo turns inward towards an ever increasing
isolation. Mariana works with her theater students on the fears
and prejudice of the new generation. Their child brings them back
together again and they find a common goal in life.
- La fuerza ciega, Luis J Moglia Barth and Videograma S.R.L,
1 videocassette, Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
- Fúlmine, Luis Bayón Herrera et al., 1 videocassette,
Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Pepe Arias, Pierina Dealessi, Julio Renato.
- La furia, Juan Buatista Stagnaro et al., 1 videocassette
(105 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Luis Brandoni, Diego Torres, Laura Novoa.
Abstract: Lombardi is a judge in charge of investigating
an important case related to drugs. He shows no interest in his
own son, Marcos, when he is arrested. Lombardi must choose between
being a father and a judge; he chooses his professional role and
lets his innocent son go to jail. The young man's girlfriend will
fight endlessly to prove his innocence.
- Furia en la isla, Oscar Cabellou et al., 1 videocassette
(80 min.), Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Libertad Leblanc, Enzo Viena, Luis Medina
Castro.
Abstract: Lily is a young woman who lives in the Tigre
Islands and who works for her uncle. Her romance with Marcelo
is doesn't stop men who are attracted to her from trying to take
advantage of her. Her naivity and that of her uncle provide an
opportunity for a group of bandits to rob them.
- Galería del terror, Enrique Carreras et al., 1 videocassette
(ca. 86 min.), Montevideo, Uruguay, 1988.
Notes: Performer Note: Alberto Olmedo, Jorge Porcel, Mario Sánchez.
Abstract: Jorge and Alberto, unemployed, decide to seek
their fortunes as foremen at a new galery opening nearby. The
owner, Professor Van Strudel, happens to be looking for two dupes
to carry out his evil plans. With the assistance of the innnocent
complicity of a group of people working under hypnosis, he plans
to inaugurate a galery of terror in which the spectators will
enter and be hiypnotized into exchanging their 100 australe bills
for conterfeit ones. It is up to Jorge and Alberto to discover
the Professor's plans and take control.
- La gata, Mario Soffici et al., 1 videocassette (77 min.),
Argentina, 1919.
Notes: Performer Note: Zully Moreno, Nelida Bilbao, Enrique Alvarez
Diosdado.
Abstract: La Gata,"the Cat," is a beautiful woman
named Claudia who, like felines, is very possessive of her house.
Her relatives hire an architect to remodel the house because it
was believed to be haunted. Claudia refuses to give into their
wishes. The story unfolds as the past re-emerges and with it come
murder, jealousy and passionate love.
- Geisha, Eduardo Raspo et al., 1 videocassette (ca. 92
min.), San Luis, Argentina, 1996?
Notes: Performer Note: Manuel Bandera, Jorge Marrale, Ana Álvarez.
Abstract: After a long commitment in a psychiatric clinic,
because of the suicide of his wife Ángela, Lorenzo meets
Julio, his friend and partner. At night he dines at the house
of Mónica and Héctor, two old friends from the time
when his wife was still with him, Mónica accidentally finds
a letter which Ángela had sent shortly before her suicide.
In her will, Ángela makes plans for the future. Mónica
decides to show the letter to Lorenzo and to visit the policeman
who handled the now dubious suicide case, and who confirms the
events to her. Nevertheless, after some probing, Mónica finds
new trails which lead her to discover the truth.
- Gente bien, Manuel Romero et al., 1 videocassette (82
min.), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Notes: Performer Note: TIto Lusiardo, Hugo del Carril, Delia Garces.
- Gentile alouette, Sergio Castilla et al., 1 videocassette
(103 min.), Argentina, 199-.
Notes: Performer Note: Geraldine Chaplin, Héctor Alterio,
John Leguizamo.
Abstract: Héctor Alterio plays a retired pilot who
is obsessed with actress and screenwriter Angela Duvarger. When
she comes to Buenos Aires to work on a script, his aid, Ortíz,
is employed to bring her to the old pilot--by any means possible.
- Gerónima, Raúl Alberto T
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