En los extremos de la noche

A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…

Runtime

2h 14m

Director

Fabián Bielinsky

Cast

Ricardo Darín, Dolores Fonzi, Pablo Cedrón

Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being half of French heritage, the other being half German. Following the death of the family patriarch, the man's two daughters and their families resettle to France and Germany, respectively. I...

Runtime

2h 36m

Director

Rex Ingram

Cast

Rudolph Valentino, Josef Swickard, Alice Terry

Jose is an elderly rebel who, after being refused a withdrawal at a bank, returns with a gun and threatens to shoot himself if he doesn't get his cash. Pedro, a young teller, is disillusioned with his life and sees Jose's stunt as a way out when he pretends to be taken hostage, leaving the bank with the old man and a hefty amount of mo...

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Marcelo Piñeyro

Cast

Héctor Alterio, Cecilia Dopazo, Leonardo Sbaraglia

Set during the unsettling disappearances in Buenos Aires during the dictatorship of the 1970s, the film involves theater director Carlos Rueda and his wife Cecilia. Shortly after Cecilia writes an editorial commentary questioning the mysterious abductions, she is herself abducted and taken into police custody.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Christopher Hampton

Cast

Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Leticia Dolera

A long night's journey into day: Victor, a street hustler in the Santa Fe and Pueyrredón neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, from the evening of November 1, All Saints Day, to the dawn of November 2, All Souls Day. Victor's odyssey takes him from clients to friends to a gay gym then a hotel room and an all-night café. He plays pick-up socce...

Runtime

1h 21m

Director

Edgardo Cozarinsky

Cast

Gonzalo Heredia, Mariana Anghileri, Rafael Ferro