Antonio Skármeta
Also Known As: Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicić
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Antofagasta, Chile
Adult: No
Birthday: November 07, 1940
Age: 84 years old
Gender: Male
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The Movie of My Life
Overview: The sierras of southern Brazil, 1963. The son of an French man and a Brazilian woman, Tony is a young man with a profound love of cinema and poetry. After graduating from college he returns to his small town in rural Brazil, to find out that his father had left for good, back to France. Tony then looks for the company of his fathers friends in search of information and references of a lost male role-model. He becomes a school teacher and a male figure to kids, in an attempt to provide them with something he lacks himself. A series of developments lead him to a surprising final lead on his fathers' whereabouts and reasons for leaving.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-08-03
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A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
Overview: Documentary about internationally-renowned author Ariel Dorfman, the third generation of his family to know exile. His father's leftwing beliefs saw the family uprooted from both Argentina and the US, before settling in Chile. When Allende came to power, Ariel was a prominent member of his circle, but the bloody 1973 coup saw many of his friends and colleagues killed or disappeared and Ariel forced into exile again. Peter Raymont journeys with Ariel as he looks back on his life. (Storyville)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-08
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Malou
Overview: Two life stories. That of Malou, a French woman, married to a German Jew, a refugee stranded in South America: a picture of the pre-war generation reflected in the unusual destiny of an individual woman. And that of Hannah, an alert, independent, modern woman, seeking after freedom and her own identity, and trying in present-day Berlin to save her shaky marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1981-03-20
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Es herrscht Ruhe im Land
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1975-11-15
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The Dancer and the Thief
Overview: Present day. Chile. Legendary bank robber Vergara Grey is getting out of prison after 5 long years and is looking forward to a quiet, uneventful life together with his wife and son whom oddly he hasn't heard from in years. But soon his resolve is tested when he meets 19 year old Angel a young thief who insists the two join up to score the biggest heist of all time. Though tempted, he resists until he finds out that his beloved wife has gone off with a millionaire and his son wants to change his last name. Then Victoria, a graceful and mysteriously mute dancer living in a conservatory, steps into the picture. She captivates Vergara and Angel, as well as all others that cross her path, drastically changing their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2009-11-27
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Ardiente paciencia
Overview: A friendship develops between a postman and Pablo Neruda in the village of Isla Negra village.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1983-03-30
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Wenn wir zusammen lebten
Overview: Film by Antonio Skarmeta.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1983-02-20
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