The Handmaiden
2016 · Thriller · Drama
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Film / 2003
Imagining Argentina
Directed by
Christopher Hampton
Set during the unsettling disappearances in Buenos Aires during the dictatorship of the 1970s, the film involves theater director Carlos Rueda and his wife Cecilia. Shortly after Cecilia writes an editorial commentary questioning the mysterious abductions, she is herself abducted and taken into police custody.
The story
Set during the unsettling disappearances in Buenos Aires during the dictatorship of the 1970s, the film involves theater director Carlos Rueda and his wife Cecilia. Shortly after Cecilia writes an editorial commentary questioning the mysterious abductions, she is herself abducted and taken into police custody.
Cast
Antonio BanderasCarlos Rueda
Emma ThompsonCecilia Rueda
Leticia DoleraTeresa Rueda
Maria Canals-BarreraEsme Palomares
Rubén BladesSilvio Ayala
Irene EscolarEurydice
Fernando TielveOrfeo / Enrico
Héctor BordoniPedro Augustín
Anthony Diaz-PerezPoliceman 1
Luis Antonio RamosPoliceman 2
Carlos KaniowskyRubén Mendoza
Stella MarisConcepta Madrid
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Concha HidalgoOctavio Marquez's Grandmother
Ana GraciaHannah Masson
Horacio ObónVictor Madrid
Amparo ValleJulia Obregon's Mother
John WoodAmos Sternberg
Claire BloomSara Sternberg
María Nydia UrsiPlaza Mother
Elvira VillarinoPlaza Mother
Araceli DvoskinPlaza Mother
Susana SalernoPlaza Mother
Anahí MartellaPlaza Mother
Kuno BeckerGustavo Santos
Anton LesserGeneral Guzmán
Marzenka NovakSasha
Ernesto HernándezDuarte
Abián VainsteinErnesto Souza
Héctor MalamudStallholder
Pochi DucasseChurch Mother
Alicia PalmesChurch Mother
Liz BalutChurch Mother
Teresa MejiasNun
Carola NoriegaNun
Dan TrugmanLieutenant
Andrés GonzálezTango Dancer
Eusebio LázaroPereira
Vera CzemerinskiPrisoner
María BorregoNurse
Leonardo AzamorPrison Guard
Muni SeligmannGuzman's Daughter
Paris GalindoChildren Theatre Player
Marcos García TizónChildren Theatre Player
Javier Garcia-VillaracoChildren Theatre Player
Yaiza GarzónChildren Theatre Player
David VelduqueChildren Theatre Player
José GlusmanAvrom Sternberg
Deborah KorsSeñora Madrigal
Débora CuencaGirl 1
Eliana GonzálezGirl 9
Gonzalo San MartínInterrogation Officer
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