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Made in Argentina

  • 1987
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
348
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Hugo Arana, Marta Bianchi, Luis Brandoni, Alberto Busaid, Patricio Contreras, Gabriela Flores, Alejo García Pintos, Leonor Manso, Marzenka Novak, Roxana Randon, and Jorge Rivera López in Made in Argentina (1987)
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Osvaldo and Mabel, an Argentine couple exiled for political reasons in the United States, travel to their country of origin after ten years to reconnect with their family and friends, includ... Read allOsvaldo and Mabel, an Argentine couple exiled for political reasons in the United States, travel to their country of origin after ten years to reconnect with their family and friends, including "el Negro", Mabel's brother, and his wife, " the Yoli ». Mabel offers her brother the ... Read allOsvaldo and Mabel, an Argentine couple exiled for political reasons in the United States, travel to their country of origin after ten years to reconnect with their family and friends, including "el Negro", Mabel's brother, and his wife, " the Yoli ». Mabel offers her brother the possibility of working in New York with the aim of improving their economic situation, but... Read all

  • Director
    • Juan José Jusid
  • Writers
    • Nelly Fernández Tiscornia
    • Juan José Jusid
  • Stars
    • Luis Brandoni
    • Marta Bianchi
    • Leonor Manso
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    348
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Juan José Jusid
    • Writers
      • Nelly Fernández Tiscornia
      • Juan José Jusid
    • Stars
      • Luis Brandoni
      • Marta Bianchi
      • Leonor Manso
    • 3User reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination

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    Luis Brandoni
    Luis Brandoni
    • Osvaldo
    Marta Bianchi
    Marta Bianchi
    • Mabel
    Leonor Manso
    Leonor Manso
    • Yoli - cuñada
    Patricio Contreras
    Patricio Contreras
    • El negro - cuñado
    Hugo Arana
    Hugo Arana
    Mario Luciani
    Mario Luciani
    Alberto Busaid
    Gabriela Flores
    Alejo García Pintos
    Alejo García Pintos
    Frank Vincent
    Frank Vincent
    Jorge Rivera López
    Jorge Rivera López
    Juan Arana
    • Bebé en brazos
    Andrés Ares
    • Muchacho en Avión 3
    Debbie Better
    Leonor Miniño
    Paula Natalizio
    Marzenka Novak
    Marzenka Novak
    Roxana Randon
    • Director
      • Juan José Jusid
    • Writers
      • Nelly Fernández Tiscornia
      • Juan José Jusid
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      El Negro: And you wouldn't believe how the gringos suffer because of that. They get together everyday and cry for two hours, because the only mention of their name makes La Yoli from Lanus want to puke!

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    4/10
    The pain of leaving one's country
    During the last half century many Argentines had to leave their country for Europe or the US, on some cases for better working conditions, in others as a result of political persecution. Between 1976 and 1981 "political persecution" meant "at best" prison, at worst torture and assassination. The ones who could leave were lucky to have some sort of advance warning.

    Transplanting oneself to a new country implies abandoning one's support system (friends and relatives) and creating another support system with new friends and no relatives (except for immediate family). There are also adaptation problems related to new language, new job, new mores. The problem is compounded when going back to one's country becomes possible; returning means another change of jobs (with possible diminution of salary and status), re-adaptation to one's native country (which has changed in the meantime), etc.

    Unfortunately, this movie addresses the problem in an overly simplistic and melodramatic way. Good actors like Luis Brandoni and Leonor Manso are fed interminable speeches and dialogs loaded with soap opera clichés and the emigration experience is depicted as almost necessarily implying one's loss of identity. This subject deserves a more intelligent treatment.

    The expression 'Made in Argentina" of the title has a somewhat ironic connotation; it means pride in a local product (or person, or idea) as opposed to something "made in the USA". The movie is based on the play "Made in Lanús", a sentence with similar meaning (Lanús is a working class suburb of Buenos Aires). Both the play and the movie have been very popular in Argentina.
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    • Release date
      • May 14, 1987 (Argentina)
    • Country of origin
      • Argentina
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wykonano w Argentynie
    • Filming locations
      • Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
    • Production company
      • Progress Communications
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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