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Nine Queens
Why this pick
Bielinsky’s earlier Buenos Aires con-film has the same precise, deceptive construction and mounting unease, with ordinary spaces turned into a tightly controlled criminal maze.
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MOVIE2005 2h 14m ARG
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In neo-noir fashion ''El Aura'' narrates in the first person the hallucinating voyage of Espinoza, a quiet, cynical taxidermist, who suffers epilepsy attacks, and is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ricardo Darín
Esteban Espinosa
Dolores Fonzi
Diana Dietrich
Alejandro Awada
Sontag
Jorge D'Elía
Uriel
Rafa Castejón
Vega
the dog
The dog
Claudio Rissi
Vega (voice)