''Cóndor Crux, la leyenda'' (English: Condor Crux, The Legend), also known as ''Cóndor Crux'', is a 2000
Argentine animated
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science fiction
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adventure film written and directed by
Juan Pablo Buscarini
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...
and
Swan Glecer. The film combines
2D animation
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Proc ...
with
3D computer-generated backgrounds, in a style similar to the American-made ''
Titan A.E.
''Titan A.E.'' is a 2000 American animated science fiction film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, and starring Matt Damon, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Janeane Garofalo and Drew Barrymore. Its title refers to the spacecraft ...
'' (2000), which was still production at the time of ''Cóndor Cruxs release (the film premiered on 6 January 2000, while ''Titan A.E.'' was released on June 16 of the same year). The film received mixed-to-positive reviews and won a
Silver Condor Award
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for Best Animated Film, but was a failure at the box-office. It is currently available on
Disney+
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in
Latin America
Latin America or
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(excluding
Brazil
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).
Plot
The action takes place in a dystopian Buenos Aires in 2068 (now called Darwin), where the sinister Phizar, head of a dark corporation, chaotically governs the Southern Cone of the American continent. Dr. Crux is an old rebel scientist who fights the Phizar regime, and his son Juan Crux is the one who must become the hero expected to fight the villain and his henchmen and free the city from the dome that prevents him from making contact with the outside.
Cast
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Damián de Santo
Damián Álvaro de Santo (born June 12, 1968) is an Argentine actor.
Biography
He began his studies of dramatic art with Lito Cruz and studied in the Casa del Teatro.
Personal life
He was the boyfriend of the Argentine singer Laura Miller. ...
as Juan 'Condor' Crux
*
Arturo Maly
Arturo Maly (September 6, 1939 – May 25, 2001) was a Silver Condor Award–winning Argentine actor.
He made over 50 appearances in film and television in Argentina between 1970 and his death in 2001 making his debut in the TV series Esta n ...
as Phizar
*
José Soriano as Dr. Crux
*
Favio Posca
Fuad Jorge Jury (28 May 1938 – 5 November 2012), better known by his stage name Leonardo Favio (), was an Argentine singer, actor and filmmaker. He is considered one of Argentina's best film directors and one of the country's most enduring cul ...
as Sigmund
*
Leticia Brédice
Leticia Marcela Brédice (born July 26, 1975) is an Argentine actress and singer.
Career
Brédice won Best New Actress Award from the Argentine Film Critics Association in 1993 for ''Anni Ribelli''. In 1997, she has also won Best Supporting Ac ...
as Zonia
*Aldo Barbero as Amauta
*Max Berliner as Voice
See also
*
List of animated feature-length films
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*
List of computer-animated films
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