Imagining Argentina (2003) on Netflix
R20031h 47mDramaRomanceThriller
Under Argentina's military dictatorship, the secret police seize Cecilia Rueda, a journalist who wrote against the disappearances. Her husband Carlos, a theater director, searches for her.
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- IMDb6.1/103,641 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes31%
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Plot summary
Cecilia Rueda, a journalist in Buenos Aires, writes an editorial out of outrage after students demonstrating against bus fares are forcibly disappeared. She and her husband Carlos, a theater director, have a daughter, Teresa. Argentina's military government is waging against its opponents the campaign that became known as the Dirty War. Shortly after Cecilia's article appears, the secret police take her, and she becomes one of the disappeared. Carlos begins a frantic search for her. As he searches, he finds that he can foresee the fate of people who have gone missing, and others who have lost relatives come to him for news of them.
Cast
- Anthony Diaz-Perezas Policeman 1 (as Anthony Díaz Pérez)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Imagining Argentina (2003)
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- Imagining Argentina is set during Argentina's 1976-1983 Dirty War, and its closing caption states that nearly 30,000 Argentines were "disappeared" during that period.
