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Release Date:
1 April 2004 (Argentina)
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Plot:
A Spanish writer finds an old coffer with photographs of an Argentine man who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War...
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Cast
(in credits order) | Leonardo Sbaraglia | ... | Emilio |
 | Aitana Sánchez-Gijón | ... | Vera |
 | Pep Munné | ... | Jordi |
| Mercè Llorens | ... | Lola |
| Martín Caloni | ... | Juanito |
| Pompeyo Audivert | ... | El gringo Orestes |
| Miguel Ángel Solá | ... | Suárez |
| Nicolás Tognola | ... | El Pibe Pedro |
| Belén Blanco | ... | Matilde |
| Natalia Otero | ... | Prostituta |
| Carola Reyna | ... | Meme |
| Lydia Lamaison | ... | Matilde |
| Óscar Guzmán | ... | Urondo |
| Edward Nutkiewicz | ... | Ernesto |
| Nina Krakoff | ... | Prostitute |
| Coni Mariño | ... | Prostitute (as Coni Marino) |
| Olga Sokolinskaya | ... | Prostitute |
| Vando Villamil | ... | Dr. Zimmerman |
| Ricardo 'Pinino' Orri | ... | La foca |
| Oscar Nuñez | ... | El pibe Pedro |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Mario Gas | ||
Directed by | |||
| Luis Puenzo | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Ángeles González Sinde | ||
| Lucía Puenzo | ||
| Luis Puenzo | ||
Produced by | |||
| Pablo Bossi | .... | executive producer | |
| Pablo Bossi | .... | producer | |
| Pedro D'Angelo | .... | producer | |
| Ana Laura Díaz | .... | coordinating post producer | |
| Mauro Groisman | .... | assistant producer | |
| José María Morales | .... | producer | |
| Miguel Morales | .... | executive producer | |
| Luis Puenzo | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Andrés Goldstein | |||
| Daniel Tarrab | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| José Luis Alcaine | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Hugo Primero | |||
Casting by | |||
| Geli Albaladejo | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Mercedes Alfonsín | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Sonia Grande | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Beata Wojtowicz | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Cecilia Bossi | .... | production manager | |
| Txema Hermoso | .... | production manager: second unit | |
Sound Department | |||
| Carlos Abbate | .... | sound | |
| José Luis Díaz | .... | sound | |
| Cecilia Rivero | .... | sound editor | |
| Nicolás Scaduto | .... | sound editor | |
| Sonoris | .... | sound assistant | |
| Ricardo Viñas | .... | dolby sound consultant | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Juan Pablo Buscarini | .... | special effects | |
| Orlando Rodríguez | .... | special effects | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| María Inés Borgnino | .... | data manager | |
| Nicolás Fernández | .... | digital artist | |
| Claudio Langsam | .... | Flame artist | |
| Cristian Tonhaiser | .... | digital effects artist | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Matías Mesa | .... | Steadicam operator | |
| Matías Mesa | .... | underwater camera operator | |
| Gabriel Quevedo | .... | assistant Steadicam operator | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Cecilia Carini | .... | costume supervisor | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Jorge Russo | .... | senior colorist | |
Other crew | |||
| Mariano Cukar | .... | location manager and scout: Argentina | |
| Alejandro Lanezan | .... | location manager | |
| Andrés G. Schaer | .... | script supervisor | |
| Ann Maria Stekelman | .... | choreographer | |
| Roxana Álvarez | .... | production secretary | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Buena Vista International (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Cinemien (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Wanda Visión S.A. (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Homescreen (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
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Also Known As:
"La puta y la ballena" - Argentina (original title)
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Argentina:120 min | Spain:122 min | South Korea:127 min
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This was a very beautiful film by writer/director Luis Puenzo, who last blew me away with his film The Official Story.
It was two stories in one, connects by threads that ran from one to the other - the whale, a woman and a man, and chance.
The gorgeous Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (The Machinist, Mouth to Mouth) plays Vera, who is facing cancer and, having her breast removed, is feeling rather hopeless. Chance has her in a hospital be next to an old woman who is connected to events before the Spanish Civil War.
Those events, and the story of Lola (Mercè Llorens), Mathide (Belén Blanco), Suarez (Miguel Ángel Solá), and Emilio (Leonardo Sbaraglia), are told simultaneously and she is drawn into the story by a box of photos and a request to do a new book by her editor.
Her explorations of herself in the face of cancer, and the story of the showgirl turned prostitute, are connected by a whale that appears in both off the shores of Patagonia.
The art, cinematography, costumes, and music are absolutely wonderful and make this an enjoyable experience.