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Film details
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Countries
Argentina Switzerland Netherlands
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Year
2018
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Genres
Comedy Thriller Drama
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- The Flower Alternative
Synopsis
Drama consisting of six films (billed as 'episodes'), each supposedly told in the manner of a different film genre and most having no resolution, and all but one story featuring the same four actresses in the lead roles. In a prologue the director explains what lies ahead. Episode 1 is like an American B movie (it involves archaeologists finding a mummy with a curse). Episode 2 is (according to the director) 'a sort of musical with a touch of mystery' (it involves a couple of popular singers who are splitting up but still have to record an album together, and their friend who is caught up in a group who believe they can use scorpion venom to gain immortality). Episode 3 is a 'spy movie' (it involves a gang of spies who travel the world, but whose feelings about their violent profession are examined). Episode 4 is 'difficult to describe' (it is a comical tale about filmmakers having trouble making a film called 'La Araña' ('The Spider'), because the director has no script, tries to bring in a new producer under mysterious conditions and has plans to spend time away from the project, shooting instead a film about blossoming trees. As he shoots this film about trees, some supernatural madness descends on his crew. When we see 'La Araña' it is a story of Canadian Mounties on a case. Episode 5 (in black and white, and largely silent) is a hommage to Renoir's film 'Partie de campagne' (some of the dialogue and music of which are heard towards the end of this episode), involving two holidaying gauchos (South American cowboys) who spend a romantic day with a mother and daughter they happen to meet. Episode 6 is a stylised depiction (with narration shown on sepia intertitles) of the memoirs of Sarah S. Evans, who in the 19th century escaped from captivity among native Americans and fled to freedom across mountains and river, along with a mestizo girl and her mother (both pregnant by the same man) and a creole girl. When this last episode ends, the camera turns upside down and, for approximately half an hour, observes the film crew packing up and going home, with end credits appearing over this.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Lucía Conti (Episode I)
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Marcela (Episode I)
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Yanina (Episode I)
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La X (Episode I)
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Claudio (Episode I)
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Márzico (Episode I)
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Yanina's mother (Episode I)
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Giardina (Episode I)
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Conti's friend (Episode I)
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Victoria Aragón (Episode 2)
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Flavia (Episode 2)
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Andrea Nigro (Episode 2)
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Isabella (Episode 2)
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Ricardo, 'Ricky' (Episode 2)
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recordist (Episode 2)
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Theresa (Episode III)
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Agent 50 (Episode III)
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La 301 (Episode III)
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the girl (Episode III)
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Dreyfuss (Episode III)
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Casterman (Episode III)
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actress in 'La Araña' ['The Spider'] (Episode IV)
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actress in 'La Araña' ['The Spider'] (Episode IV)
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actress in 'La Araña' ['The Spider'] (Episode IV)
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actress in 'La Araña' ['The Spider'] (Episode IV)
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director of 'La Araña' ['The Spider'] (Episode IV)
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wardrobe mistress (Episode IV)
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Violeta (Episode IV)
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Dr Agathe Papineau (Episode IV)
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Gatto (Episode IV)
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tourist cowboy (Episode V)
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tourist cowboy (Episode V)
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the mother (Episode V)
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the daughter (Episode V)
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Sarah S. Evans (Episode VI)
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mestizo girl (Episode VI)
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mestizo girl's mother (Episode VI)
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creole girl (Episode VI)
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director of 'La Flor' (in prologue and insert sections)
Mariano Llinás (uncredited)
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texting producer of 'La Araña' ['The Spider'] (Episode IV)
Laura Citarella (uncredited)
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Credits
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Producer
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El Pampero Cine and Piel de Lava [Are:]
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El Pampero Cine and Piel de Lava [Are:]
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El Pampero Cine and Piel de Lava [Are:]
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El Pampero Cine and Piel de Lava [Are:]
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El Pampero Cine and Piel de Lava [Are:]
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El Pampero Cine and Piel de Lava [Are:]
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El Pampero Cine and Piel de Lava [Are:]
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El Pampero Cine and Piel de Lava [Are:]
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Locations Expert
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Production
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director for Part of the Film
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Written by
Mariano Llinás (uncredited)
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Director of Photography for Most of the Film
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Director of Photography for Various Parts
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Director of Photography for Various Parts
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'Cámara Oscura' Camera Operator
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'Cámara Oscura' Camera Operating
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Visual Effects
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One of the Editors
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Editor Too
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Editing Collaboration
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Art Director
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Art Director in Some Parts {and Costumes in Others}
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{Art Director in Some Parts and} Costumes in Others
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Costumes in Other Parts
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Colourist
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Music
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Sound Director
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Sound
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Sound
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Sight & Sound magazine
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