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Apartment Zero
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Overview

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6.8/10   1,971 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Martin Donovan (story)
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Release Date:
14 September 1989 (West Germany) more
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Plot:
Set in modern day Buenos Aires, the film centers around a relationship between two emotionally crippled roommates... more | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A Masterpiece more (55 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Hart Bochner ... Jack Carney

Colin Firth ... Adrian LeDuc
Dora Bryan ... Margaret McKinney
Liz Smith ... Mary Louise McKinney
Fabrizio Bentivoglio ... Carlos Sanchez-Verne
James Telfer ... Vanessa

Mirella D'Angelo ... Laura Werpachowsky
Juan Vitali ... Alberto Werpachowsky
Cipe Lincovsky ... Mrs. Treniev
Francesca d'Aloja ... Claudia
Miguel Ligero ... Mr. Palma
Elvia Andreoli ... Adrian's Mother
Marikena Monti ... Tango Singer
Luis Romero ... Projectionist
Oca Spirito ... Woman in Cinema 1
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Conviviendo con la muerte (Argentina)
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Runtime:
124 min | USA:117 min (DVD)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Liz Smith was cast at short notice after the original cast performer withdrew because of illness. more
Quotes:
Adrian LeDuc: If that is a mask please take it off now, or keep it on forever. more
Movie Connections:
References The Godfather (1972) more
Soundtrack:
Cambalache more

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99 out of 110 people found the following comment useful.
A Masterpiece, 20 April 2004
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Author: Miles Charrier from London, England

I've never had the kind of experience that "Apartment Zero" provided me with. It left me in a daze. I've seen the film countless times since and every time I came out with something new. Last night, I showed the film to a group of people who had never seen it before. Their ages ranged from 17 years old to 41. The reaction was as divided as it was passionated. The point is, nobody could dismiss it. The film has a way to get into your system and question you. Not an easy thing for a film to do. But "Apartment Zero" does it in such an original way that you don't even know its happening. The writer/ director forces us to look into uncomfortable characters straight in the eye and find something of ourselves in there. Chilling! What it may look like a straight forward thriller is in fact a psychological, erotic, puzzle with false doors and moving walls.

Over the years "Apartment Zero" has become a point of reference to me and one of my favourite films of all time.

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