''Amapola'' is a 2014

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-American

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written and directed by Eugenio Zanetti and starring

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, François Arnaud,

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, Leonor Benedetto and Geraldine Chaplin. It is the first film as a director of Zanetti, who was previously known for his work in

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, as well as

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and theater/opera director.

Synopsis

During the turbulent years that changed Argentina - between 1966's Coup d'état and its subsequent dictatorship, the Malvinas/Falklands War in 1982 and the return to democracy in 1983 - a young woman who lives with a family of artists is magically transported to the future, where she discovers the decadence that fell upon her family, their estate and herself. She decides to return to her present in an effort to change the future, keep her family united, save her happiness and find her true love.

Cast

as Amapola * François Arnaud as Luke * Geraldine Chaplin as Memé *

as Amapola's father * Leonor Benedetto as Clara * Esmeralda Mitre as Sisy *

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as Ariel *

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as Tincho *

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as Lalo *

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as Lola * Juan Luppi as Juan * Santiago Caamaño as Gáston * Juan Acosta as Saporitti

Production

''Amapola'' was for a long time a dream project for

Eugenio Zanetti, who gained international recognition for his work in many

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films such as ''

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'' (1990), '' Last Action Hero'' (1993), '' What Dreams May Come'' (1998) and '' The Haunting'' (1999), and won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction in 1995 for the film ''

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''. Zanetti also participated as the film's

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. Camilla Belle took some time before filming for learning to speak Castilian, a variant of the

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and Argentina's official language (as well as the most popularly talked in the country), and to do so with a " Porteño" (people from

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) accent.

Reception

Released in Argentina on June 5, 2014, the film received mixed reviews from Argentinian critics.''Amapola'' reviews
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