Medicine and Argentinian Cinema
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J Med Mov 4 (2008): 169-175 Medicine in Film Stills Medicine and Argentinian Cinema Technical details Title: Houses of Fire Original title: Casas de fuego Country: Argentina Year: 1995 Director: Juan Bautista Stagnaro Music: Luis María Serra Screenwriter: Juan Bautista Stagnaro Cast: Miguel Ángel Solá, Pastora Vega, Harry Havilio, José Luis Alfonzo, Maria Lorenzutti, Humberto Serra- no, Carolina Fal, Alfa Bidondo, Carlos Campos, Álex Benn and Suna Rocha. Color: Color Runtime: 115 minutes Genre: Drama, Biography Production Companies: Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Visuales, Juan Bautista Stagnaro and Aleph Producciones. Comment: Dr. Salvador Mazza. Chagas disease. First half of 20th century (Argentina) Argentinian DVD cover Technical details Title: Darse cuenta Country: Argentina Year: 1984 Director: Alejandro Doria Screenwriter: Alejandro Doria and Jacobo Langsner. Cast: Luis Brandoni, Dora Baret, Luisina Brando, Lito Cruz, Óscar Ferrigno, María Vaner, China Zorrilla, Darío Grandinetti, Fernando Álvarez, Clotilde Borella, Mónica Villa, Manuel Callau, Juan Carlos Corazza, Norberto Díaz and Gabriela Flores. Color: Color Runtime: 106 minutes Genre: Drama Production Company: Rosafrey S.r.l. Comment: Traffic accident. Public hospital. Intensive care. Physician-patient relationship. 1981 (Buenos Aires) Argentinian poster 169 © Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca J Med Mov 4 (2008): 169-175 Technical details Title: The Motorcycle Diaries Original title: Diarios de motocicleta Country: Argentina, USA, UK, Cuba, Germany, México, Chile, Perú and France. Year: 2004 Director: Walter Salles Music: Gustavo Santaolalla Screenwriter: Jose Rivera. Based on the books Notas de viaje by Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara and Con el ‘Che’ por America Latina by Alberto Granado. Cast: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Merce- des Moran, Jean Pierre Noher, Lucas Oro, Marina Glezer, Sofia Bertolotto, Franco Solazzi, Ricardo Díaz Mourelle, Sergio Boris, Daniel Cargieman, Diego Giorzi, Facundo Espinosa, Matías Gómez and Diego Treu. Color: Color Runtime: 126 minutes Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama Production Companies: FilmFour, South Fork Pictures, Tu Vas Voir Productions, BD Cine, Inca 1951-1952 (Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela) Films S.A., Sahara Films, Senator Film Produktion and Spanish poster Sound for Film. Comment: Leprosy. Occupational diseases. Technical details Title: El aura Country: Argentina, Spain and France. Year: 2005 Director: Lucio Godoy Music: Ángel Illarramendi Screenwriter: Fabián Bielinsky Cast: Ricardo Darín, Dolores Fonzi, Pablo Cedrón, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Jorge D´Elía, Alejandro Awada, Rafa Castejón, Manuel Rodal, Walter Reyno, Alejandro Gancé and Daniel Alejandro Ovando. Color: Color Runtime: 134 minutes Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller Production Companies: Aura Films, Canal+ Spain, Davis-Films, Naya Films S.A., Patagonik Film Group, Productores Asociados S.A., Televisión Española and Tornasol Films S.A. Comment: Epilepsy. Filming period (Patagonia. Sierra de Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires) Spanish poster 170 © Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca J Med Mov 4 (2008): 169-175 Technical details Title: Son of the Bride Original title: El hijo de la novia Country: Argentina Year: 2001 Director: Juan José Campanella Music: Ángel Illarramendi Screenwriter: Juan José Campanella and Fernando Castets. Cast: Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro, Natalia Verbeke, Eduardo Blanco, Gimena Nóbile, Claudia Fontan, David Masajnik, Atilio Pozzobon, Salo Pasik, Humberto Serrano, Fabián Arenillas, Mónica Cabrera, Giorgio Bellora and Mónica Virgilito. Color: Color Runtime: 123 minutes Genre: Comedy, Drama Production Companies: JEMPSA, Patagonik Film Group, Pol-Ka Producciones and Tornasol Films S.A. Filming period (Buenos Aires) Comment: Alzheimer’s disease. Myocardial infarction. Spanish poster Technical details Title: Elsa & Fred Country: Argentina y Spain Year: 2005 Director: Marcos Carnevale Music: Lito Vitale Screenwriter: Marcos Carnevale, Marcela Guerty and Lily Ann Martin. Cast: Manuel Alexandre, China Zorrilla, Blanca Portillo, José Ángel Egido, Omar Muñoz, Roberto Carnaghi, Carlos Álvarez Novoa, Gonzalo Urtizberea, Fanny Gautier, Federico Luppi, Tomás Sáez, Manolo Solo, Julián Villagrán, Roberto Mosca and Fabrizio Meschini. Color: Color Runtime: 108 minutes Genre: Comedia, Drama, Romance Production Companies: Shazam S.A. and Tesela Producciones Cinematográficas. Filming period (Madrid, Roma) Comment: Chronic renal failure. Geriatry. Polimedi- Spanish poster cation. 171 © Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca J Med Mov 4 (2008): 169-175 Technical details Title: Man Facing Southeast Original title: Hombre mirando al sudeste Country: Argentina Year: 1986 Director: Eliseo Subiela Music: Pedro Aznar Screenwriter: Eliseo Subiela Cast: Hugo Soto, Lorenzo Quinteros, Inés Vernengo, Cristina Scaramuzza, Rubens Correa, David Edery, Tomás Voth, Rodolfo Rodas, Horacio Marasii, Jean Pierre Reguerraz and Rodolfo Elsegood. Color: Color Runtime: 105 minutes Genre: Drama Production Companies: Cinequanon and Transeuro- pa S.A. Cinematográfica. Comment: Schizophrenia. Paranoia. Psychiatrist. Psychiatric hospital. Filming period (Buenos Aires) Argentinian poster Technical details Title: Blessed by Fire Original title: Iluminados por el fuego Country: Argentina and Spain Year: 2005 Director: Tristán Bauer Music: Federico Bonasso Screenwriter: Tristán Bauer, Miguel Bonasso, Gastón Pauls and Gustavo Romero Borri. Story based on a novel with the same name by Edgardo Esteban and Gustavo Romero Borri. Cast: Gastón Pauls, Pablo Ribba, César Albarracín, Hugo Carrizo, Virginia Innocenti, Juan Leyrado, Artu- ro Bonín, Mario Chaparro, Tony Lestingi and Lautaro Delgado. Color: Color Runtime: 103 minutes Genre: Adventure, Drama, War Production Companies: Canal+ Spain, Gobierno de la Provincia de San Luis, Gobierno de la Provincia de Santa Cruz, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audio- visuales, San Luis Cine and Universidad Nacional de 1982 (Falkland Islands) San Martín. Argentinian poster Comment: Psychiatry. Suicide. Posttraumatic stress disorder. Cold injuries. 172 © Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca J Med Mov 4 (2008): 169-175 Technical details Title: The Swamp Original title: La ciénaga Country: Argentina and Spain Year: 2001 Director: Lucrecia Martel Music: Herve Guyader and Emmanuel Croset. Screenwriter: Lucrecia Martel Cast: Graciela Borges, Mercedes Morán, Martín Adjeiman, Leonora Balcarce, Silvia Bayel, Sofía Berto- lotto, Juan Cruz Bordeu, Noelia Bravo Herrera, Maria Micol Ellero, Andrea López, Sebastián Montagna, Daniel Valenzuela, Franco Veneranda, Fabio Villafane and Diego Baenas. Color: Color Runtime: 102 minutes Genre: Drama Production Companies: 4k Films, Wanda Visión S.A., Code Red, Cuatro Cabezas and TS Productions. Comment: Alcoholism. Depression. Scars. Loss of 1990s (Northwest Argentina) an eye. Spanish poster Technical details Title: The Whore and the Whale Original title: La puta y la ballena Country: Argentina and Spain. Year: 2004 Director: Luis Puenzo Music: Andrés Goldstein and Daniel Tarrab. Screenwriter: Ángeles González Sinde, Lucía Puenzo and Luis Puenzo. Cast: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Pep Munné, Merçè Llorens, Martín Caloni, Pompeyo Audivert, Miguel Ángel Solá, Nicolás Tognola, Belén Blanco, Natalia Otero, Carola Reyna, Lydia Lamaison, Óscar Guzmán, Eduard Nuskiewicz and Nina Kra- koff. Color: Color Runtime: 120 minutes Genre: Drama Production Companies: Historias Cinematográficas Cinemanía, Patagonik Film Group and Wanda Visión 1930s. Filming period (Madrid, Buenos Aires, Patagonia) S.A. Spanish poster Comment: Breast cancer. 173 © Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca J Med Mov 4 (2008): 169-175 Technical details Title: It’s Not You, It’s Me Original title: No sos vos soy yo Country: Argentina and Spain. Year: 2004 Director: Juan Taratuto Music: Diego Grimblat Screenwriter: Juan Taratuto and Cecilia Dopazo. Cast: Soledad Villamil, Diego Peretti, Cecilia Dopazo, Marcos Mundstock, Hernán Jiménez, Mariana Brisky, Roly Serrano, Ricardo Merkin, Silvia Baylé, Luis Bran- doni, Nilda Raggi, Eugenia Tobal, Bernarda Pagés, Natália Grimberg and Alberto Suárez. Color: Color Runtime: 105 minutes Genre: Comedy, Drama Production Company: Rizoma Films Comment: Surgeon. Plastic surgery. Medical educa- tion. Medical error. Depression. Psychoanalysis. Filming period (Buenos Aires, Miami) Spanish poster Technical details Title: Todas las azafatas van al cielo Country: Argentina and Spain. Year: 2002 Director: Daniel Burman Music: Víctor Reyes Screenwriter: Daniel Burman and Emiliano Torres. Cast: Ingrid Rubio, Alfredo Casero, Norma Aleandro, Emilio Disi, Valentina Bassi, Verónica Llinas, Kayne Di Pilato and Rodolfo Samsó. Color: Color Runtime: 93 minutes Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Production Companies: BD Cine, Canal+ Spain, Patagonik Film Group, Televisión EspYearla (TVE), Wanda Films and Wanda Visión S.A. Comment: Depression. Filming period (Ushuaia, Provincia de Tierra del Fuego) Spanish poster 174 © Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca J Med Mov 4 (2008): 169-175 Technical details Title: A Year Without Love Original title: Un año sin amor Country: Argentina Year: 2005 Director: Anahí Berneri Music: Leo García and Martín Bauer. Screenwriter: Anahí Berneri and Pablo Pérez; based on Pérez’s autobiographical novel Cast: Juan Minujín, Mimí Ardu, Carlos Echevarría, Bárbara Lombardo, Javier Van de Couter, Osmar Núñez, Ricardo Merkin, Carlos Portaluppi, Mónica Cabrera, Ricardo Moriello and Juan Carlos Ricci. Color: