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Release Date:
12 September 2003 (Italy) more
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An extraordinary story of love, compassion and danger.
Awards:
1 nomination more
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Interview: Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
 (From ioncinema. 13 December 2007)

Emma Thompson Defends New Flick
 (From WENN. 2 September 2003)

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Argy Bargy more (35 total)

Cast

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Irene Escolar ... Eurydice
Fernando Tielve ... Orfeo / Enrico
Hector Bordoni ... Pedro Augustín (as Héctor Bordoni)

Antonio Banderas ... Carlos Rueda

Emma Thompson ... Cecilia Rueda

Maria Canals-Barrera ... Esme Palomares (as Marí'a Canals)

Rubén Blades ... Silvio Ayala

Leticia Dolera ... Teresa Rueda
Anthony Diaz-Perez ... Policeman 1 (as Anthony Díaz Pérez)

Luis Antonio Ramos ... Policeman 2
Carlos Kaniowsky ... Rubén Mendoza (as Carlos Kaniowski)
Stella Maris ... Concepta Madrid
Concha Hidalgo ... Octavio Marquez's Grandmother
Ana Gracia ... Hannah Masson
Horacio Obón ... Victor Madrid
Amparo Valle ... Julia Obregon's Mother
Cielo Verano ... Julia Obregon
María Nydia Ursi ... Plaza Mother 1 (as Maria Nydia Ursi)
Elvira Villarino ... Plaza Mother 2 (as Elvira Villariño)
Araceli Dvoskin ... Plaza Mother 3
Susana Salerno ... Plaza Mother 4
Anahí Martella ... Plaza Mother 5

Kuno Becker ... Gustavo Santos
Pochi Ducasse ... Church Mother 1
Alicia Palmes ... Church Mother 2
Liz Balut ... Church Mother 3
Teresa Mejias ... Nun 1
Carola Noriega ... Nun 2
Dan Trugman ... Lieutenant
Anton Lesser ... General Guzmán
Vanesa Vélez ... Tango Dancer 1
Andrés González ... Tango Dancer 2
John Wood ... Amos Sternberg
Claire Bloom ... Sara Sternberg
Marzenka Novak ... Sasha
Ernesto Hernández ... Duarte
Eusebio Lázaro ... Pereira
Vera Czemerinski ... Prisoner
Sara Fernández ... Marta (as Sara Fernandez)
María Borrego ... Nurse
Leonardo Azamor ... Prison Guard 1 (as Leo Azamor)
Rubén Laperuta ... Prison Guard 2
Mariana Seligmann ... Guzman's Daughter (as Mariana Seligman)
Alejandro Rivas ... Prince Prospero
Miguel Antón ... Children Theatre Players
Celia Arias ... Children Theatre Players
Ana Armas ... Children Theatre Players
Ana Paula Cidón ... Children Theatre Players
Paris Galindo ... Children Theatre Players
Marcos García Tizón ... Children Theatre Player
Marcos García Tizón ... Children Theatre Players
Javier García-Villaraco ... Children Theatre Player (as Javier García Villaraco)
Yaiza Garzón ... Children Theatre Player
Tania Tamara González ... Children Theatre Players
Eva Guitiérrez ... Children Theatre Player
Yamila Teresa Haro ... Children Theatre Player
Verónica Andrea Jiménez ... Children Theatre Player
Adaia López ... Children Theatre Players
Jesús Nebreda ... Children Theatre Players
Beatriz Rastrollo ... Children Theatre Players
Ana Senso ... Children Theatre Player
David Velduque ... Children Theatre Players
José Glusman ... Avrom Sternberg
Deborah Kors ... Señora Madrigal (as Debora Kors)
Débora Cuenca ... Girl 1 (as Debora Cuenca)
Camila Walker ... Girl 2
Martina Sasso ... Girl 3
Camila Sasso ... Girl 4
Sofía Briano ... Girl 5
Noelia Escobonson ... Girl 6
Denise Aristimuño ... Girl 7
Florencia Quiroles ... Girl 8
Eliana González ... Girl 9
Gonzalo San Martín ... Interrogation Officer
Alejandro Ares ... Diego Souza
Abian Vainstein ... Ernesto Souza
Héctor Malamud ... Stallholder
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Directed by
Christopher Hampton 
 
Writing credits
Lawrence Thornton (novel)

Christopher Hampton (writer)

Produced by
José María Cunillés .... co-producer
Kirk D'Amico .... executive producer
Lourdes Diaz .... co-executive producer (as Lourdes Díaz)
José Luis Escolar .... line producer
Lucas Foster .... co-executive producer
Diane Isaacs .... producer (as Diane Sillan Isaacs)
Geoffrey C. Lands .... producer
Elizabeth Mitchell .... associate producer
Isabel Mulá .... co-producer
Raúl Outeda .... producer: Argentina
Michael Peyser .... producer
Santiago Pozo .... producer
Deborah Reissman .... associate producer
Jordi Ros .... co-executive producer
Philip von Alvensleben .... co-executive producer
 
Original Music by
George Fenton 
 
Cinematography by
Guillermo Navarro (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
George Akers 
 
Casting by
Janey Fothergill 
 
Production Design by
Bárbara Pérez-Solero  (as Bárbara Pérez Solero)
 
Costume Design by
Bina Daigeler  (as Sabina Daigeler)
 
Makeup Department
Manolo García .... hair stylist (as Manuel García)
Pepito Juez .... additional makeup artist: Spain (as José Juez Daganzo)
Carolina López .... assistant makeup artist: Spain
Ana Lozano .... makeup supervisor
Nancy Marignac .... assistant hair stylist: Argentina
Concha Martí .... additional makeup artist: Spain
Ana Mele .... assistant makeup artist: Argentina
Pablo Morillas .... assistant hair stylist: Spain
María Elena Pérez .... additional makeup artist: Spain (as María Elena Pérez Artiles)
Morag Ross .... makeup artist: Ms. Thompson
Nena Smarz .... makeup artist: Mr. Banderas (as Magdalena Smarz O'Carroll)
Sabine Ulrich-Fury .... assistant makeup artist: Spain
 
Production Management
Polly Duval .... post-production supervisor
Patricia Nieto .... unit production manager: Spain
Jonathan Perel .... unit production manager: Argentina
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
María Álvarez .... second assistant director: Argentina
Luis Arribas .... second assistant director: Spain
María Cecilia Atán .... third assistant director: Argentina
Yvette Gurza .... second assistant director
Jesús Liedo .... third assistant director: Spain
Diego Nuñez .... third assistant director: Argentina (as Diego Núñez)
Sebastián Silva .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Fernanda Abadía .... scenic painter: Argentina
Lorena Acin .... scenic painter: Argentina
Betina Andreose .... art production assistant: Argentina
Quique Calissano .... on-set props: Argentina
José Cañaveras .... carpenter: Spain
Silvina Carballo .... set dresser: Argentina
María Yolanda Casado .... scenic artist: Spain
Carlos Cobo .... carpenter: Spain
Federico del Cerro .... stand-by props: Spain
Ángel Díaz .... carpenter: Spain
Pedro Díaz .... painter: Spain
Salustiano Díaz .... carpenter: Spain
Alejandro Fernández .... art director: Spain
Faustino Fernández .... carpenter: Spain
John Greaves .... storyboard artist
Carolina Hernández .... art production assistant: Spain
Francisco Iglesias .... greensman: Spain
Lucia Leschinsky .... art production assistant: Argentina (as Lucía Leschinsky)
Martín Libert .... assistant lead man: Argentina
Roberto Marchetti .... propman: Spain
Pablo Martínez .... propman: Spain
Rudy Mercado .... scenic artist: Spain (as Rudolph James Mercado)
José David Muñoz .... propman: Spain
José R. Muñoz .... painter: Spain
Leandro Muslera .... propman: Spain
Laura Musso .... set dresser: Spain
Coca Oderigo .... art director: Argentina
Pilar Ordovás .... set dressing buyer: Spain
José M. Palomares .... painter: Spain
Julio Pascoli .... construction manager: Argentina
Sergio Pascoli .... construction manager: Argentina
María Inés Passalacqua .... art apprentice: Argentina
Pilar Peredo .... assistant set dresser: Argentina
Juan Manuel Puerto .... construction manager: Spain (as Juan Puerto)
Fernando Rodríguez .... assistant on-set props: Argentina
Micaela Saiegh .... property master: Argentina
José M. Serrano .... set dressing buyer: Spain (as José Mariano Serrano)
Ramiro Starosta .... lead man: Argentina
Maria Eugenia Sueiro .... assistant art director: Argentina
Juan Antonio Torrijos .... stand-by props: Spain
 
Sound Department
Jason Adams .... foley editor
Federico Billordo .... additional recording engineer
Andre Champagne .... sound re-recording mixer: theatrical trailer
Stan Fiferman .... foley artist
Peter Glossop .... production sound mixer
Diane Greaves .... foley artist
Jaime Guijarro .... sound apprentice: Spain
Leon Horrocks .... assistant sound editor
Craig Irving .... sound re-recording mixer
Tom Jenkins .... sound: ProTools
Mark Lafbery .... foley mixer
Christopher Lloyd .... dialogue editor (as Chris Lloyd)
Dennis McTaggart .... supervising sound editor
Shaun Mills .... boom operator
Alan Paley .... adr editor
Steve Price .... sound engineer
Sebastián Sonzogni .... sound cable man
Christopher Wilson .... assistant sound re-recording mixer (as Chris Wilson)
Steve Yeaman .... trailer sound designer
 
Special Effects by
David Campos .... special effects: Spain
Pau Costa .... special effects: Spain
Joaquín Doeado .... special effects: Spain
Javier H. Moneo .... special effects: Spain
Julio Navarro .... special effects: Spain
Raúl Romanillos .... special effects: Spain
 
Visual Effects by
Sule Bryan .... visual effects artist (as Sule Bryan-Hurst)
Andy Burrow .... digital lab
Sarah Coatts .... visual effects producer: main title sequence: yU+co.
Kate Cuffin .... visual effects artist
Ian Fellows .... visual effects artist
David Fish .... visual effects artist
Adam Glasman .... digital grader
Jan Hogevold .... visual effects producer: Framestore CFC
Alasdair MacCuish .... digital lab
Scott Marriott .... visual effects artist (as Scott Marriot)
Helen Nesbitt .... visual effects artist
Tom Partridge .... visual effects editor
Alex Payman .... visual effects artist
John Sharp .... visual effects artist
Maria Stroka .... digital lab
Steve Tizzard .... visual effects artist
Gavin Toomey .... visual effects supervisor
Sophia Tufail .... visual effects artist
Victor Wade .... digital compositor
Rachel Ward .... visual effects artist
Corrina Wilson .... visual effects artist
Christine Wong .... visual effects artist
 
Stunts
Federico Cueva .... stunt coordinator: Argentina
Pedro Fraile .... stunt player: Spain
Pedro García García .... stunt player: Spain (as Pedro García)
María José García .... stunt player: Spain
Ángel Gómez Fernández .... stunt player: Spain (as Ángel Gómez)
Natalia Guijarro .... stunt player: Spain
Luis M. Gutiérrez Santos .... stunt player: Spain (as Luis Manuel Gutiérrez)
William Hobbs .... fight coordinator
Fernando Millán .... stunt player: Spain
Álvaro Quiroga .... stunt coordinator: Spain
Francisco Serrano .... stunt player: Spain
Manuel Valle .... stunt double
Camilo Vila Novoa .... stunt player: Spain (as Camilo Vila)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Horacio Acevedo .... rigger: Argentina
Julio Aranda .... electrician: Argentina
Sebastián Arzeno .... camera loader: Argentina
Miguel Ángel Bardavio .... second assistant camera: Spain (as Miguel Ángel Bardavío)
Roberto 'Tito' Blasini .... first assistant camera (as Roberto Blasini)
Eduardo Broman .... rigger: Argentina
Gustavo Canales .... electrician: Spain
Marcelo Cortéz .... rigger: Argentina
Roberto de Miguel .... second assistant camera: Spain (as Roberto Miguel)
Gontzal Domingo .... video assist operator: Spain
Jill Furmanovsky .... still photographer
José Antonio García Merelo .... electrician: Spain (as José Antonio García)
Carlos Giani .... best boy electric: Argentina
Germán González .... generator operator: Argentina
Daniel Guirles .... electrician: Spain (as Daniel Guirlés)
Daniel Hermo .... electrician: Argentina
Leonardo Hermo .... camera production assistant: Argentina
Teresa Isasi .... still photographer: Spain
Timothy James Kane .... first assistant camera: Spain (as Timothy Kane)
Luis Lattanzi .... video assist operator: Argentina
Joaquín Manchado .... Steadicam operator
Joaquín Manchado .... camera operator
Raúl Manchado .... second assistant camera: Spain
Alejandro Manocchio .... best boy grip: Argentina
Ezequiel Mansilla .... company grip: Argentina
Carlos Miguel .... key grip
José Luis Molero .... grip: Spain
Jorge 'Quito' Molina .... gaffer: Argentina
Jorge Navarro .... camera apprentice: Spain
Guillermo Nespolo .... key grip: Argentina (as Guillermo Néspolo)
Alejandro Pereda .... company grip: Argentina
Óscar Pérez .... electrician: Spain
Pablo Riobo .... electrician: Argentina
Carlos Ritter .... first assistant camera: "b" camera, Argentina
Demián Rodenstein .... second assistant camera: "b" camera, Argentina
Ricardo Rodríguez .... gaffer: Spain
Ramiro Sabell .... first assistant camera: Spain
Adrián Sánchez .... electrician: Argentina
Juan Ángel Urrozola .... still photographer: Argentina
Fernando Vázquez .... rigger: Argentina
 
Casting Department
Vanessa Baker .... voice casting
Cecilia Bayonas .... casting director: Spain
Brendan Donnison .... voice casting
Pablo Pérez Giménez .... extras casting: Argentina
Manuel Sabio .... casting assistant: Spain
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Javier Aranda .... additional wardrobe: Spain (as Francisco Javier Aranda)
María Christina Astudillo .... seamstress: Argentina
Ana Cuerda .... wardrobe supervisor
Carla Danio .... wardrobe assistant: Argentina
María Ángeles Gil .... additional wardrobe: Spain (as María Ángeles Gil Villa)
Myriam Ibanez .... wardrobe assistant: Spain (as Myriam Ibáñez)
Sonia Isla .... wardrobe assistant: Spain
Ana López .... key wardrobe assistant
María Manchado .... additional wardrobe: Spain (as María Manchado Ortega)
Gabriela Minzi .... seamstress: Argentina
Teresa Mora .... additional wardrobe: Spain
Roberta Pesci .... wardrobe assistant: Argentina
Ruth Llera Segovia .... additional wardrobe: Spain
 
Editorial Department
Gilbert Carreras .... film color timer
Alec Gibson .... color timer
Adam Glasman .... digital film grader
Guillermo Grillo .... assistant editor: Argentina
Sacha Guttenstein .... post-production coordinator
Keith Mason .... first assistant editor
Daniel Mayoral .... film editing apprentice: Spain
Paul Newson .... additional assistant editor
Jason Wheeler .... negative cutter
Pablo Zumárraga .... assistant editor: Spain
 
Music Department
Geoff Alexander .... orchestrator (as Geoffrey Alexander)
Wagner Fulco .... musician
Isobel Griffiths .... musicians contractor
Nicole Jacob .... music coordinator
Tom Jenkins .... pro tools operator
David Lawson .... music programmer
Christopher Lloyd .... music editor (as Chris Lloyd)
Steve Price .... music recording engineer
Bill Silcock .... music preparation
Graham Sutton .... music editor
Christopher Violette .... executive in charge of music: Myriad Pictures
 
Transportation Department
Mariano Avellaneda .... transportation captain: Argentina
Manuel Barquilla .... production driver: Spain
Federico Brizzio .... transportation assistant: Argentina
Félix Buenate .... production driver: Spain
Francisco Díaz .... production driver: Spain
Marcelo Dujovne .... transportation production assistant: Argentina
Florentino Fernández .... production driver: Spain
Juan Fernández .... production driver: Almería
Pedro Hidalgo .... production driver: Spain
Roberto Holgado .... production driver: Spain
Fernando Hurtado .... production driver: Spain
Justo López .... production driver: Spain
Carlos Mas .... production driver: Spain
Miguel Sánchez Busto .... production driver coordinator (as Miguel Sánchez)
Olivia Sanz .... production driver: Spain
Juan Taberner .... production driver: Spain
Manuel Torres .... production driver: Spain
 
Other crew
Basem Al Bacha .... production assistant: Spain
Pablo Anzoátegui .... production assistant: Argentina
Eduardo Bonfiglio .... caterer: Argentina
Lucero Bruschtein .... set apprentice: Argentina
Claudia Casillas .... assistant: Mr. Pozo
Chris Curling .... production consultant
Gabriel Decia .... assistant accountant: Argentina
Mónica Derrudi .... assistant accountant: Argentina
Diana Dill .... script supervisor
Walter Donado .... animal wrangler: Zoo Films
Paul Dray .... laboratory liaison: Deluxe
Eduardo Feller .... behind-the-scenes: Argentina (as Eduardo Féller)
Raquel Flotta .... unit publicist: Argentina, Sol Comunicaciones
Antonio García .... production accountant: Spain
Carla Genoud .... production apprentice: Argentina
Brian Gibbs .... production accountant
Tomás Gutiérrez .... production assistant: Argentina
Tarn Harper .... post-production accountant: Post-Sums Ltd.
Marcos Hernández .... key location assistant: Argentina
Stuart Hopps .... choreographer
Graciela Isaia .... translator: Argentina
Antonia Juanes .... assistant production coordinator: Spain
Graciana Koler .... production apprentice: Argentina
Margaret Kramer .... unit publicist: Spain
Dinah Lary .... assistant: Mr. Banderas
Juan Pablo Lasserre .... production coordinator: Argentina
David Lawson .... programmer
Joaquina Llambias .... location apprentice: Argentina
Ignacio Lozano .... assistant location manager: Spain
Marcos Maffulli .... set security: Argentina (as Marcos Mafulli)
Brian Malfatti .... second location assistant: Argentina
Stella Maris .... assistant: Mr. Hampton
Elena Moreno .... production assistant: Spain
Chevi Muraday .... choreographer
Natalia Mussolana .... assistant production coordinator: Argentina
Angela Nieto .... production assistant: Spain (as Ángela Nieto)
David Olivares .... office runner: Spain
Raúl Outeda .... producer: Argentina
Billy Parks .... assistant: Mr. Foster
Nicolás Parodi .... key location assistant: Argentina
Félix Marín Pérez .... caterer: Almería
Alberto Poveda .... location manager: Spain
Martín Rago .... set production assistant: Argentina
J.C. Rappaport .... assistant: Mr. D'Amico (as JC Rappaport)
Diego Rodríguez .... production assistant: Spain
Cristina Rota .... children's theater director
Alejandro Ruax .... second location assistant: Argentina
Ana Belén Soto .... production secretary: Spain
Sebastian Torrella .... location manager: Argentina
Graciela Torres .... production accountant: Argentina
Garson Yu .... title designer
Paula Zito .... production assistant: Argentina
 
Thanks
Víctor Albarrán .... special thanks
Benjamín Fernández .... thanks
Claire Simpson .... thanks
 

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MPAA:
Rated R for violence/torture and brief language.
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107 min
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When it became clear that two additional scenes would help the script, a) the quarrel about whether Cecilia should publish her article and b) the flashback scene why the Cecilia and Carlos got married, there was a little competition going on between 'Christopher Hampton' and 'Emma Thompson', who both wrote their versions of those scenes. Emma Thompson's version of the flashback scene finally was agreed on. more

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40 out of 47 people found the following review useful.
Argy Bargy, 7 September 2004
Author: Ali_Catterall from London, England

Imagining… arrived with a fair degree of controversy, having been booed, heckled and subject to walkouts at 2003's Venice Film Festival. By saddling an infamous chapter in Argentina's history with a supernatural slant – Sixth Sense meets Missing, perhaps – many critics thought this was altogether a bridge too far. But was the reaction justified? It rather depends on whether you prefer your politics served up in an allegorical sauce or red and dripping on the bone. An adaptation of Lawrence Thornton's award-winning novel, the story begins in 1970s Buenos Aires, with dissident journalist Cecilia Rueda (a waveringly-accented Thompson) kidnapped by the fascist junta to join the ranks of the 30,000 'Disappeared'. As her bereft theatre-owner husband Carlos (Banderas) searches in vain, he develops psychic powers, enabling him to witness what happened to his wife and her fellow detainees. Laying his hands on their relatives he glimpses horrifying images of torture, rape and death at the military's hands, galvanising a traumatised public into motioning the government. In Thornton's magic-realist hands, Carlos's clairvoyance was a metaphor for the struggle against state repression, as he 'imagines' scenarios running counter to the official line: 'if you live in a nightmare, you have to re-imagine it.' While playwright-turned-director Christopher Hampton (who also wrote the screenplay for The Quiet American) cannot hope to replicate the novel's tender touch – the voyage from page to screen being a tricky one at best – the intentions are heartfelt, and the film does make salient points about the importance of empathy and memory as powerful and long-reaching political instruments in themselves.

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