''The Frontier'' ( es, La Frontera) is a 1991 Chilean
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Ricardo Larraín and starring
Patricio Contreras
Patricio Contreras (born December 15, 1947) is a Chilean-Argentine television, film and stage actor.
Biography
Contreras was born in Santiago, Chile in 1947 and emigrated to neighboring Argentina following the 1973 coup d'état against left-w ...
and
Gloria Laso. Larraín won the
Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the
42nd Berlin International Film Festival
The 42nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1992. The festival opened with '' The Inner Circle'' by Andrei Konchalovsky. The Golden Bear was awarded to American film ''Grand Canyon'' directed by Lawrence Ka ...
.
The film was selected as the Chilean entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
64th Academy Awards
The 64th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1991 in the United States and took place on March 30, 1992, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles begi ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
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Patricio Contreras
Patricio Contreras (born December 15, 1947) is a Chilean-Argentine television, film and stage actor.
Biography
Contreras was born in Santiago, Chile in 1947 and emigrated to neighboring Argentina following the 1973 coup d'état against left-w ...
as Ramiro Orellana
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Gloria Laso as Maite
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Alonso Venegas as Delegate
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Sergio Schmied as Secretary
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Aldo Bernales as Diver
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Héctor Noguera
Héctor Eugenio Noguera Illanes (born July 8, 1937 in Santiago), is a Chilean television, theatre and film actor, and also a theatre director.
Noguera is the son of Héctor Noguera Prieto (grandson of José Joaquín Prieto Vial and Yolanda Illa ...
as Father Patricio
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Patricio Bunster as Don Ignacio
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Aníbal Reyna 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, ...
as Detective robusto
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Sergio Hernández as Detective Delgado
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Elsa Poblete as Laura
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Sergio Madrid as Gutiérrez
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Joaquin Velasco as Hernán
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Griselda Núñez as Sra. Hilda
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Eugenio Morales as Assistant Driver
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Raqual Curilem as Bar Owner
See also
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References
External links
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1991 films
1991 drama films
Spanish drama films
1990s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Ricardo Larraín
Chilean drama films
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