Of Love and Shadows

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Of Love and Shadows
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Directed by Betty Kaplan
Screenplay by Donald Freed
Based onOf Love and Shadows
by Isabel Allende
Produced by Richard Goodwin
Betty Kaplan
Paul Mayersohn
Starring
Cinematography Félix Monti
Edited byBill Butler
Kathryn Himoff
Music by José Nieto
Production
companies
Aleph Producciones
Argentina Española
Miramax Films
Pandora Cinema
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release dates
  • October 7, 1994 (1994-10-07)(Germany)
  • May 10, 1996 (1996-05-10)(USA)
LanguageEnglish
Box office$19,710

Of Love and Shadows, also known as De amor y de sombra, is a 1994 Chilean-Argentine-American drama film written and directed by Betty Kaplan and starring Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli and Patricio Contreras. It is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Isabel Allende. [1] [2]

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Plot

Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.

Cast

Reception

The film had almost 300,000 admissions in Argentina during 1995. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.
  2. ↑ Karen Regelman (October 24, 1994). "Review: 'Of Love and Shadows'". Variety . Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Top 5 Argentinian Films 1995". Screen International . 1 November 1996. p. 13.
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