''Wild Horses'' ( es, Caballos salvajes) is a 1995 Argentine

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directed by

Marcelo Piñeyro Marcelo Piñeyro (born March 5, 1953) is an Argentine award-winning film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Piñeyro studied cinematography at the University of La Plata's School of Fine Arts. In 1980, he ...

and written by Piñeyro and

Aída Bortnik Aída Bortnik (7 January 1938 – 27 April 2013) was an Argentine screenwriter, nominated for an Academy Award for her work in the film ''La historia oficial'' (1985). She has the notable distinction of having written the screenplay for both the f ...

. It stars

Héctor Alterio Héctor Benjamín Alterio Onorato (born 21 September 1929) is an Argentine theatre, film and television actor, well known both in Argentina and Spain. Biography Alterio's theatre debut came in 1948 as the lead in ''Cómo suicidarse en prima ...

Leonardo Sbaraglia Leonardo Máximo Sbaraglia (; born 30 June 1970) is an Argentine actor, with extensive credits in both Argentina and Spain. He has also worked in Mexico, and was cast in his first English-language role in '' Red Lights''. Biography Sbaraglia was ...

, Cecilia Dopazo and

Federico Luppi Federico Luppi (; February 23, 1936 – October 20, 2017) was an Argentine-Spanish film, TV, radio and theatre actor. He won numerous awards throughout his acting career, including a Concha de Plata at the San Sebastian International Film Fest ...

in a

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. The film chronicles the five days of two fugitives on the run after robbing a corporation and being targeted by the

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. The film was the most popular Argentinian film of the year. It was selected as the Argentine entry for the

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at the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Plot

José is an aging

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who decides to get even with the corporation that stole $15,344 from his family 18 years ago. When confronted by the

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manager, Pedro Mendoza, José threatens to kill himself and orders him to hand in the requested amount of money. In the ensuing chaos, Pedro stumbles upon a drawer holding half a million dollars, and puts it all in the bag. He then asks José to take him

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so that the police will not shoot them, and both drive away successfully. After the robbery, Pedro is confronted with a dilemma: he cannot turn himself in, because the stolen money is laundered money and he will thus have trouble with the

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, so he decides to join José on a

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as they run away from police and mafia alike. On their way to the border they bond and decide to correct those false claims made by the media so as to clear their names and justify their actions. They tape a message and send it to the TV, and on the way to safety they are aided by

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attendants who view the couple as modern-day

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s. They are nicknamed by the press coverage ''"Los Indomables"'' (The Untameable). They decide to take a bus that will get them closer to the border with

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(because their car ended up in a river). Aboard they meet a punk girl, Ana, who steals the bag containing the half million dollars, but promptly returns it when they catch up with her. They decide to let her into their society, and she steals a

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for them. The three decide to "return" the money to the people, and rain the half-million on a cheering crowd, keeping only what is necessary for the trip. After that they are on the run again. "Los Indomables" manage to get to the border after dodging a pursuing helicopter; with the aid of the gas station attendants they avoid road blocks and the two hitmen sent by the mafia, whom they finally encounter and get rid of. Once at the border, they meet with Eusebio, husband to the sister of José's long dead wife. After reconciling with him, he reveals his profession - kept secret throughout the film - to Pedro:

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. In the final moments of the movie, José bids farewell to Pedro and Ana, who have fallen in love, as they ride away on two horses to the border. José then frees all of his horses, and as he sets the last one going, he is shot in the back by a person offscreen. He dies, and the end is a montage of José's horses running free, and José himself dancing (from a previous scene in the movie) and shouting to the skies how good it feels to feel alive.

Cast

as José *

as Pedro * Cecilia Dopazo as Ana *

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as Martín Juárez *

Daniel Kuzniecka Daniel Kuzniecka (born 30 November 1965 in Panama) is an Argentine screenwriter, producer and actor. He was born in Panama City (Panama) to Polish dad and Uruguayan mom. Television Film As of 2014, Kuzniecka has taken part in 9 films: Theat ...

as Rodolfo *

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as Enrique García del Campo *

Cipe Lincovsky Cecilia "Cipe" Lincovsky (21 September 1929 – 31 August 2015) was an Argentine actress. She made her stage debut in 1953, and joined the Berliner Ensemble in 1960. Lincovsky spent much of her career overseas, including in Venezuela and France, ...

as Natalia *

as Eusebio * Eduardo Carmona *

Adrián Yospe Adrián Ezequiel Yospe (12 February 1970 – 10 November 2011) was an Argentine actor.Adrián Yospe
at

Mónica Scaparone as Mónica * Regina Lamm as Margarita Lamadrid * Héctor Malamud as Mozo * Alex Benn as Esteban * Jorge García Marino as Pedro’s father * Miguel Ruiz Díaz as Thug 2 * Fernando Álvarez as Truck driver 1 * Tito Haas as Truck driver 2 *

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as Editor * Emilio Bardi as Carrasco *

Jorge Petraglia Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...

as Rogelio * Pablo Patlis as Assistant to García del Campo * Eduardo Peaguda as Saverio * Óscar Rodríguez as Truck driver *

Alejandro Fiore Alejandro Fiore (born July 5, 1969) is an Argentine actor. He has worked in ''Los Simuladores'', a miniseries that received the Golden Martín Fierro award Golden means made of, or relating to gold. Golden may also refer to: Places United King ...

as Truck driver * Alejandro Fain as Truck driver * Jorge Prado as Truck driver * Miguel Ángel Porro as Petrol station owner * Hernán Alix as Policeman 1 * Juan Carlos Silvetti as Policeman 2 * Julia Calvo as Nurse * Analía Vigliocco as Nurse * Celina Tell * Laura Carina Pantaleone as Journalist'' * Héctor Bordoni * Marina Peralta Ramos *

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* Luz Moyano * Guadalupe Martínez * Guillermo Hernández * Silvia Dotta * Marcelo Carmelo * José Zelik * Augusto Rommer * Roberto Dimare

References

External links

* * {{Argentine submission for Academy Awards 1995 films Argentine drama films 1990s Spanish-language films 1990s road movies

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Cast

See also

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