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Are We?

1982 · 92 min

A quiet, uneasy Argentine drama that drifts between tenderness and dread, watching lives quietly unravel in a single neighborhood.

Directed by
Carlos Hugo Christensen
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Elvia Andreoli, Sandra Ballesteros, Amalia Bernabé
Overview
In three corners of the Buenos Aires neighborhood known as Recoleta, life and death pursue parallel paths. One of silence, death, rebellion and drugs. Lecube is staying in a hotel with his lover Celia and his son Marcelo with whom his friend Toto is trying to initiate a homosexual relationship.

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Directed by
Carlos Hugo Christensen
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Elvia Andreoli, Sandra Ballesteros, Amalia Bernabé
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • family
  • sexuality
  • death
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour4
Realism7
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
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Written by
Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer, Carlos Hugo Christensen
Starring
Elvia Andreoli, Sandra Ballesteros, Amalia Bernabé, Nicolas Frei, Silvia Kutika, Jorge Martínez, Gloria Necon, Jorge Sassi
Runtime
92 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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