Of Love and Shadows (1994)

Director:

Betty Kaplan

Writers (WGA):

Isabel Allende (book)
Donald Freed (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 May 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Surrounded by danger, they'll risk everything for freedom!

Plot:

Irene (Jennifer Connely) is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile...

Plot Keywords:

Male Nudity | Bare Chested Male Bondage | Torture | Nudity | Bare Chested Male

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Antonio Banderas	...	Francisco
Jennifer Connelly	...	Irene
Stefania Sandrelli	...	Beatriz
Diego Wallraff	...	José
Camilo Gallardo	...	Gustavo
Patricio Contreras	...	Mario
Jorge Rivera López	...	Prof. Leal
Angela Ragno	...	Hilda Leal
Alejandro Toccalino	...	Guard at Roadblock
Alfredo Martín	...	Surgeon
Ana Leza	...	Evangelina
Carmen Renard	...	The Rich Widow
Cesar Parlani	...	Reverend
Claudio Ciacci	...	Cmdte. Ramírez
Daniel Alvarado	...	Freedom Fighter

Also Known As:

De amor y de sombras (Argentina)

MPAA:

Rated R for a scene of strong sexuality, and for some violence.

Runtime:

USA:103 min

Country:

Argentina | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Spain:13 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Aleph Producciones S.A.

Quotes:

Irene: Good night, Chile.

Soundtrack:

Of Love and Shadows

Jenny, where's your taste?

Seems like any time Jennifer Connelly is offered a film, they always flop, and has no good-looking men (Carrer Opportunities, Heart of Justice, Some Girls, Seven Minuutes in Heaven, The Rocketeer.) So, it was no surprise when she was cast as Irene Beltran, in this semi-depressing film. The real shocker was the poster:could she be showing any more of her self? how disgusting!!! Other shocker: Antonio Banderas, come on, if you're going to have a good movie, you so need to have good actors that can act. Antonio Banderas, can not act, if his life depended on it. That said, let me explain the film. Irene Beltran, (Connelly), is a rich young women that is engaged to her cousin. Meanwhile, her photographer, Francisco Leal, (Banderas), is slowly falling in love with her. And who could blame him. The two uncover a secret, in a mine, soilders have stuffed hundreds of thousands of bodies. This could have been Inventing the Abbotts, (rich girl, poor boy, falling in love with rich girl.) Then, as any perosn who has seen a Jennifer Connelly film would know, the two engage in intercourse. It was the where that was disturbing:in the mine. So, like any love story, people, want the two killed before the story is expsoed to the world. I was quite unsure of what to think about this film, so you be the judge.