Kept and Dreamless (Las Mantenidas Sin Sueños) is a 2005 Argentinian film directed by Vera Fogwill. Shown at AFI's Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland on September 24, 2005, this post-modern film explores mother-daughter relationships and the struggles of a 10-year-old child to raise her cocaine-addicted mother. The film is reminiscent of the work of Spanish director Pedro Sanchez.
, 1h34 OriginUSA GenresDrama, Science fiction, Comedy ActorsZach Galifianakis, Judy Greer, James LeGros, Mía Maestro, Missi Pyle, D. W. Moffett Rating58% In a dystopian near-future, the Jeffers Corporation is the "largest, friendliest and most profitable business in the history of Mankind," and is driving out a culture of independent thought and intimacy. The corporation and its leader, Mr. Jeffers, claim success is achieved by its strict philosophy of mindless productivity. Jeffers teaches that productivity equals happiness, and the business logo (a middle finger) is the standard greeting in society.
, 1h55 Directed byCarlos Saura OriginEspagne GenresDrama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance ThemesDance films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Tango films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films ActorsMiguel Ángel Solá, Mía Maestro, Juan Luis Galiardo, Cecilia Narova, Enrique Pinti Rating69% In Buenos Aires, Mario Suárez, a middle-aged theatre director, is left holed up in his apartment, licking his wounds when his girlfriend (and principal dancer) Laura leaves him. Seeking distraction, he throws himself into his next project, a musical about the tango. One evening, while meeting with his backers, he is introduced to a beautiful young woman, Elena, the girlfriend of his chief investor Angelo, a shady businessman with underworld connections. Angelo asks Mario to audition Elena. He does so and is immediately captivated by her. Eventually, he takes her out of the chorus and gives her a leading role. An affair develops between them, but the possessive Angelo has her followed, and threatens her with dire consequences if she leaves him, mirroring Mario's own feelings and actions towards Laura before Elena entered his life.
, 1h46 Directed byLucrecia Martel OriginArgentine GenresDrama ThemesFilms about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films ActorsMercedes Morán, Mía Maestro, María Alché, Julieta Zylberberg, Mónica Villa Rating66% The film takes place in the small town of La Ciénaga, at the Hotel Termas, a dilapidated Argentine hotel, during a medical conference. Two young teenage girls, Amalia (María Alché) and her best friend Josefina (Julieta Zylberberg), begin to explore their new sexuality and, at the same time, have Catholic religious passion. Amalia lives with her attractive divorced mother (Mercedes Morán), who owns the hotel, and her uncle Freddy (Alejandro Urdapilleta). During this time, in Amalia's mind, spiritual and sexual impulses are seeming to converge.