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A Place in the World

Original title: Un lugar en el mundo
  • 1992
  • PG
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
2.7K
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Federico Luppi and José Sacristán in A Place in the World (1992)
Drama

Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a ... Read allMario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a clinic with Nelda, a progressive nun. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Span... Read allMario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a clinic with Nelda, a progressive nun. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Spanish geological engineer -- surveying the land for the local patron, to see if it can be da... Read all

  • Director
    • Adolfo Aristarain
  • Writers
    • Adolfo Aristarain
    • Alberto Lecchi
    • Kathy Saavedra
  • Stars
    • José Sacristán
    • Federico Luppi
    • Leonor Benedetto
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    2.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Adolfo Aristarain
    • Writers
      • Adolfo Aristarain
      • Alberto Lecchi
      • Kathy Saavedra
    • Stars
      • José Sacristán
      • Federico Luppi
      • Leonor Benedetto
    • 6User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 16 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Federico Luppi and José Sacristán in A Place in the World (1992)
    Cecilia Roth in A Place in the World (1992)
    A Place in the World (1992)
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    José Sacristán
    José Sacristán
    • Hans
    Federico Luppi
    Federico Luppi
    • Mario
    Leonor Benedetto
    Leonor Benedetto
    • Nelda
    Cecilia Roth
    Cecilia Roth
    • Ana
    Rodolfo Ranni
    Rodolfo Ranni
    • Andrada
    Hugo Arana
    Hugo Arana
    • Zamora
    Gaston Batyi
    • Ernesto
    Lorena del Río
    • Luciana
    Mario Alarcón
    Mario Alarcón
    • Juan
    Juan José Ghisalberti
    • Don Gregorio
    Hugo Pertoni
    • Hombre 1
    Eduardo Arias
    • Hombre 2
    Roberto Rizotti
    • Cura
    Marcos Woinsky
    Marcos Woinsky
    • Locutor Marcos Woinsky
    Santiago Chade
    • Maquinista tren
    Arturo Fernandez
    • Jefe estación
    Esther Guevara
    • Monja
    José Vieira
    • Vallejo
    • (as José F. Vieira)
    • Director
      • Adolfo Aristarain
    • Writers
      • Adolfo Aristarain
      • Alberto Lecchi
      • Kathy Saavedra
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    • Trivia
      Official submission of Uruguay for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 65th Academy Awards in 1993. This is only the second film in the history of the Academy Awards (after the Bowery Boys movie High Society (1955)) to have been nominated for an Oscar and then removed from the ballot. The director Adolfo Aristarain had intended this to be Argentina's official entry for Best Foreign Language Film. When he took it to the Argentinean committee for submission he was told that Argentina had already decided on another film (Eliseo Subiela's The Dark Side of the Heart (1992)). Undaunted he went next door to the Uruguayan committee and offered it as Uruguay's official entry. This went against the academy's rule which states that the film must be directed, written, produced and cast with people from the country of the film's submission. The board submitted "A Place in the World" as Uruguay's official entry despite the fact that it was directed by an Argentinean, written by an Argentinean, produced by Argentineans, cast mostly with Argentineans and told the story of an Argentinean rancher facing off against an Argentinean hydroelectric plant in Argentina. Aristarain knew the rules but decided to submit the film because his wife was a native Uruguayan who had been the film's costume designer and had a hand in co-writing the screenplay. When the 1992 Oscar nominations came out, A Place in the World was among the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film (ironically, the film that Argentina submitted was not). The Academy's board of governors learned that the film was in violation of the rule after the nominations had come out and decided to remove it from the official ballot. Aristarain felt that the board was out of line and after failing to convince them to change their minds, he tried to sue on the grounds of "breach of contract". He lost the suit on the ruling that the Academy "has the complete, untrammeled ability to base the awards on whatever it wants". Angry at the ruling, Aristarain made the decision not to release the film in the United States. He relented and it did get a minor release in early 1995 (where it grossed $100,986). As for the Academy, in an effort to avoid this kind of problem again, they rewrote their official rules to make the submission process more mathematically sound.
    • Quotes

      Mario: [to Ernesto] You don't like to be bossed around, do you? The more you know, the less orders you'll receive.

    • Connections
      Featured in Salvados: Sacristán: Retrato del compromiso (2016)

    User reviews6

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    9/10
    A jewel
    I got to see this movie by chance after reading an interview to Cecilia Roth in La Nacion online newspaper. When asked for her favorite film, she mentioned "Un Lugar en el Mundo". This movie, as suggested in many places, it's as good (or better) as "La Historia Oficial", which is one of the best Argentine movies ever. Personally, I liked this one more. It's a very warm movie about the the relationships of the characters between themselves and with the place they inhabit. Certainly, the place to shoot it was chosen wisely. Argentinian pampa and Patagonia desert have a special appeal, very difficult to describe unless you visit them, some kind of special magic. The movie depicts also the strong gravitational effect that the Catholic Church has in Argentinian culture, mostly in the countryside. As you will see around the movie, besides the frequently shown green ford falcon, diesel train, horse carriage and old ambulance, the other constant are the gatherings in or around the church. A very strong recommendation if you liked "Un Lugar en el Mundo": "Historias Minimas". This is movie shares the same type of narrative it's about human relationships of a group of people in Puerto San Julian, an Atlantic town down south in Patagonia. The difference is that Un Lugar en el Mundo has a very heavy duty cast, all consummated actors and actresses. Historias Minimas only relatively known actor is Javier Lombardo, the rest are mostly first time plays.
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    • Jan 11, 2005

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    • Release date
      • 1994 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Argentina
      • Spain
      • Uruguay
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Un lugar en el mundo
    • Filming locations
      • Merlo, San Luis, Argentina
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $99,707
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,970
      • Jul 3, 1994
    • Gross worldwide
      • $99,707
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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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