''The Island'' ( es, La isla) is a 1979 Argentine drama film written and directed by
Alejandro Doria
Alejandro Doria (November 1, 1936 – June 17, 2009) was a noted Argentine cinema and television director.
Life and work
Born in Buenos Aires in 1936, he first worked for Argentine television in 1965 as a writer for a local variety show, ''S ...
. It was the first Argentine film to be a box office success during the
military dictatorship
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52nd Academy Awards
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, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Selva Alemán
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Hugo Arana
Hugo Arana (23 July 1943 – 11 October 2020) was an Argentine film, television, and theatre actor.
Life
Arana was born on 23 July 1943. He grew up in Monte Grande where his parents were farmers and moved with his family to Lomas de Zamora and ...
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Aldo Barbero
Aldo Barbero (13 February 1937 – 27 October 2013) was an Argentine actor who made over 65 appearances in film and TV in Argentine since the early 1960s.
In 1971 he appeared in the musical ''Balada para un mochilero'' directed by Carlos Rinald ...
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Héctor Bidonde
Héctor Pastor Bidonde (born March 3, 1937 in La Plata) is a noted Argentine theatre, film and television actor.
He was a shift worker in a tool & dye factory when, in 1954, he was offered a part in Carlos P. Cabral's play ''Amarretes''. He was ...
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Luisina Brando
Luisina Brando (born Luisa Noemí Gnazzo; December 10, 1945 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine actress.Alicia Bruzzo
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Franklin Caicedo
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Graciela Dufau
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Juan Carlos Gianuzzi
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Lisardo Laphitz
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Lisset Gutiérrez Salazar (born November 3, 1973), als ...
Aníbal Morixe Aníbal is the Spanish and Portuguese masculine given name equivalent of Hannibal (q.v.), itself a latinization of the Greek name Hanníbas (Ἀννίβας), derived from “ḥnbʿl” in the Carthaginian language (Carthaginian Punic script, 𐤇 ...
List of Argentine submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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