Tie Your Plow to a Star 2017

In 1997 the Argentine filmmaker Fernando Birri returned to his home country to film a documentary on the 30th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara and the relevance of utopias at that time. Carmen Guarini decided to record those moments. A rough edit of this film was hidden away on a fragile VHS tape for twenty years. Today, these images come to life and shed some light on the life of this Latin American poet and master filmmaker, who, at the age of 92, still refused to give up on his own utopias.

The Passion of Martin 1991

A lonely photographer gradually develops a rather unhealthy obsession with a young woman he once met by sheer chance.

The Tunnel 1988

A painter becomes obsessed and begins an affair with a mysterious woman who was touched deeply by one of his works.

For Example, Argentina 1985

Documentary on State terrorism during the last military dictatorship in Argentina, made in its aftermath. Invited by the Goethe-Institut to hold a workshop with young film students, Schroeter contrasts the official statements of the regime with the testimony of victims, dissidents and relatives of the disappeared. And trust that their faces and words will resonate much more than a mere representation of violence.

Evita, quien quiera oír que oiga 1984

The Tunnel 1979

Adaptation of Ernesto Sábato's work, directed by José Luis Cuerda Juan Pablo Castel, a moderately famous painter, visits Larrea's office to tell him how he met María Iribarne at a painting exhibition. He recounts why he followed her upon realizing she understood his painting, and why he killed her after months of searching, finally establishing contact with her and experiencing a passionate and tumultuous love affair.

The Power of Darkness 1979

A man becomes convinced that he is being persecuted by a conspiracy of blind people.

The Tunnel 1952

A young painter suspects the woman he loves, and his obsession slowly leads him down a tortuous path where madness and death become intertwined. Adaptation of Ernesto Sábato’s masterpiece: The Tunnel.

El tercer huésped 1946

A threatened financier is impersonated during a train ride by an identical-looking salesman.