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Garage Olimpo

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Original title

Garage Olimpo

Year

1999

Running time

98 min.

Country

Argentina

Director

Marco Bechis

Screenwriter

Marco Bechis, Lara Fremder

Cast

Music

Jacques Lederlin

Cinematography

Ramiro Civita

Producer

Co-production Argentina-Italy-France;

Paradis Films, Classic, Nisarga

Genre

Drama | Argentinian Dictatorship. 1970s

Synopsis

Maria (Antonella Costa) is a militant activist in an organization that is fighting the oppressive dictatorship. She teaches reading and writing in the suburbs of Buenos Aires in an area of shantytowns. She lives in a decrepit rooming house with her mother Diane (Dominique Sanda), who rents out some rooms. One of the lodgers, a shy young man named Felix (Carlos Echevarria), is in love with Maria. He seems to have come from nowhere and is supposed to be working in a garage. One morning, Maria is kidnapped by a military squad in civilian clothes in front of her mother and is taken to the garage 'Olimpo,' one of the many well-known torture places in the city, which operate to the general indifference of the inhabitants. Tigre, the head of the center (Enrique Pineyro) appoints their best man -- Felix -- to the job of making Maria talk. Felix is overcome by his feelings for Maria, but Maria is determined to exploit the situation for her survival.

Rankings Position

#34 Best Argentinian Movies of all time

Awards: 1999: Cannes Film Festival: Special Award of la Juventud

1999: David di Donatello Awards: Best Production. 5 Nominations

1999: Havana International Film Festival: Grand Coral - Best Film

2000: Ariel Awards: Nominated for Best Latin-American Film

1999: Havana Film Festival: Best Film (Grand Coral - First Prize).

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Garage Olimpo

1999

Marco Bechis

7.2

(2,956)