- Invasión
Infobox Film
name = Invasión
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caption = Theatrical release poster
director =Hugo Santiago
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writer =Adolfo Bioy Casares Jorge Luis Borges Hugo Santiago
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starring =Olga Zubarry Lautaro Murúa Juan Carlos Paz
music =Edgardo Canton
cinematography = Ricardo Aronovich
Adelqui Camuso
editing = Oscar Montauti
distributor = Proartel S.A.
released = October 16, 1969
runtime = 123 min
country =Argentina
language = Spanish
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imdb_id = 0064490"Invasión" is a Argentinian film released in 1969 and directed by
Hugo Santiago . It is an example of an interphase between the classic cinema and "nouvelle vague " of French style. Its plot goes from a police history, towards a fantastic-oniric film, with a progressive alienism of the situations.Plot
A group of men commanded by an old one tries to stop an invasion to the city of
Aquilea .The invaders are common men who defend the city, ignored by the people in general, but with the development of the film it is understood that the invasion is absolute and impossible to define. The defeat of the defenders is evident from the beginning, as in the "Trojan War ".Characters
* "Don Porfirio", interpreted by
Juan Carlos Paz : He is the head of the defenders. He calls one by one, giving them the instructions, but he also has other plans.
* "Julián Herrera", interpreted byLautaro Mura : Commands the men who fight the invasor. Flat Hero, without visible emotions, almost the prototype of the Borgean " [compadrito] ".
* "Irene", interpreted byOlga Zubarry : Herrera's wife, has a double life, and the discovery of this double life was the final surprise of the film.Connections
* The city: The story speaks of
Buenos Aires , calling itAquilea , and the lost of old values produced by the invasion.
*El Eternauta : The invasors arrive to Buenos Aires, defended by a dispersed group, that knows that the defense is impossible, and the final victory of the invaders by their large number was used in the comic strip "El Eternauta" ofHéctor Germán Oesterheld of 1957.
* TheTrojan War : The epic of the defeated begins toIliad .ources and external links
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* [http://www.radio.cz/es/articulo/55008/]
* [http://fotograma.com/notas/festivales/2296.shtml/]
* [http://www.quintadimension.com/article100.html/] (crtica)
* [http://tetonadefellini.blogspot.com/2006/11/invasin-the-hroes-dress-of-oscuro.html/]
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