Jorge is a writer for a left-leaning Buenos Aires magazine that's at odds with the country's military dictatorship. He meets lovely and intelligent actress Laura and begins an on-and-off romance that will continue for the next two decades. Fearful of commitment, Jorge initially moves on from her and his fortunes suffer, but the situation changes when he and Laura renew their acquaintance. Meanwhile, the country undergoes a political transformation.
Acting
Darín and Villamil's chemistry spans decades without aging makeup cheating.
Direction
Campanella balances domestic comedy against creeping political dread.
Writing
Jorge's magazine rants are period-perfect leftist intellectual self-sabotage.
Director
Juan José Campanella
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Campanella made this after returning from directing American TV; it's his love letter to Argentina's turbulent transition from dictatorship to democracy, with the romance serving as allegory for a generation's lost revolutionary fervor.
Darín and Villamil would reunite in Campanella's The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), transforming this will-they-won't-they energy into outright obsession — watch them back-to-back for a masterclass in Argentine star chemistry.
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