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The South

Original title: Sur
  • 1988
  • R
  • 2h 7m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.1K
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The South (1988)
Drama

The movie starts while Floreal, the main protagonist, was being released from the prison when the military coup ended in 1983. He is estranged to his former life because of his last few year... Read allThe movie starts while Floreal, the main protagonist, was being released from the prison when the military coup ended in 1983. He is estranged to his former life because of his last few years in prison and especially discovering his wife has cheated on him soured their relation. ... Read allThe movie starts while Floreal, the main protagonist, was being released from the prison when the military coup ended in 1983. He is estranged to his former life because of his last few years in prison and especially discovering his wife has cheated on him soured their relation. He is not sure if he wants to go back to his old life and family. Wandering through the ni... Read all

  • Director
    • Fernando E. Solanas
  • Writer
    • Fernando E. Solanas
  • Stars
    • Susú Pecoraro
    • Miguel Ángel Solá
    • Philippe Léotard
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Fernando E. Solanas
    • Writer
      • Fernando E. Solanas
    • Stars
      • Susú Pecoraro
      • Miguel Ángel Solá
      • Philippe Léotard
    • 5User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Susú Pecoraro
    Susú Pecoraro
    • Rosi Echegoyen
    Miguel Ángel Solá
    Miguel Ángel Solá
    • Floreal Echgoyen
    Philippe Léotard
    Philippe Léotard
    • Roberto
    Lito Cruz
    Lito Cruz
    • El Negro
    Ulises Dumont
    Ulises Dumont
    • Emilio
    Roberto Goyeneche
    • Amado
    Gabriela Toscano
    • Blondi
    Mario Lozano
    • Echegoyen
    Nathán Pinzón
    Nathán Pinzón
    • Rasatti
    Tito Ameijeiras
    • Peregrino
    • (as Antonio Ameijeiras)
    Inés Molina
    • María
    • (as Inés Molina Villafañe)
    Fito Páez
    Fito Páez
    • Marcelo
    Niní Gambier
    Niní Gambier
    • Adela
    Chany Mallo
    Chany Mallo
    • La mère de Floreal
    Susana Mayo
    Susana Mayo
    • Cora
    Ricardo Alaniz
    • Arturito
    Luis Romero
    • Yacumin
    Manuel Vicente
    Manuel Vicente
    • El Tordo
    • Director
      • Fernando E. Solanas
    • Writer
      • Fernando E. Solanas
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    User reviews5

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    9WilliamCrocodile

    Coming Home

    Through the window-pane, she is waiting. She imagines his look and his body.

    Through the gate, through the bars, he speaks to her, dreams her, rails against her.

    Through the night, he speaks to death, summons the shadows.

    Through time, he bumps into walls, blows, the skips of memory.

    Through life they love each other, like lovers do.

    Through another body they love each other differently.

    Through the South they wander, they continue the work of living and saying goodbye to the departing.

    Through the window-pane he comes, to shut exile, and open desire again.
    9jamesadeff@hotmail.com

    Sur: A true "atmosphere" film.

    "Sur" is an excellent nutshell of the Argentine experience during their brutal 1976-83 dictatorship, both the persecution (symbolized by Floreal's ordeals) and the economic ruin (captured in the film's being set in Buenos Aires' neglected southside slaughterhouse district).
    9drewski_30312

    Wonderful movie

    This movie is very sad but also. It is the opposite of anything that comes out of our movie culture. Beautiful music and very moving. If you are a fan of tango music you will also enjoy the scenes of Roberto Goyeneche( "El Polaco") haunting tango singing that are interspersed during the movie. At times this movie works almost like a tango musical. When I say musical don't expect to see people dancing or singing gaily in the streets. Since the music is mostly tango (there also a Milonga song "El Tartamudo" The Stutterer The movie is not a linear narrative. It is very existential and atmospheric.

    I also recommend movies by Eliseo Subiela: " No te mueras sin decirme donde vas." Don't die without telling me where you are going
    10Brahms

    Love, loneliness, politics, and, of course...Tango

    This movie has everything you can ask for. The direction and the cinematography are excellent, the soundtrack includes Astor Piazzolla (He was a revolutionary of the tango, besides of a genius) and Roberto Goyeneche, one of the greatest voices in Tango's History.

    When Argentina became a democratic country, after a long time of dictatorships, the lifes of many people changed. There was a new hope, a new beginning. This movie tells just one of many stories. If you haven't seen it, you should, I promise you won't regret it, and maybe you could thank me later. And, of course, buy the soundtrack if you want to have a masterpiece of Tango

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    • Trivia
      This film's dedicated to great Kurdish filmmaker Yilmaz Güney. Besides Güney means "south" in Turkish.
    • Connections
      Featured in Pichuco (2014)

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    • Release date
      • March 5, 1988 (Argentina)
    • Countries of origin
      • Argentina
      • France
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Süden - Sur
    • Filming locations
      • Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
    • Production companies
      • Canal+
      • Cinesur (Envar El Kadri)
      • Productions Pacific
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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