Invasión Explained

Invasión should not be confused with Invasión (2014 film).

Invasión
Director:Hugo Santiago
Producer:Hugo Santiago
Starring:Olga Zubarry
Lautaro Murúa
Juan Carlos Paz
Lito Cruz
Music:Edgardo Canton
Cinematography:Ricardo Aronovich
Adelqui Camuso
Editing:Oscar Montauti
Distributor:Proartel S.A.
Runtime:123 min
Country:Argentina
Language:Spanish

Invasión is an Argentine science fiction mystery film released in 1969 and directed by Hugo Santiago and written by Santiago together with Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares. Widely regarded as an important cult film, its style is considered as intermediate between classic cinema and the French nouvelle vague.[1]

In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 38th position.[2] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 2nd position.[3]

Plot

A group of men commanded by an older man attempts to stop an invasion of the city of Aquilea.The invaders are met by common men who defend the city, but it is ignored by the people in general, and as the film continues it is understood that the invasion is absolute and impossible to define. The defeat of the defenders is evident from the beginning, as in the "Trojan War."

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Production

Part of the film was shot in the Boca Juniors stadium.

History

Some negative rolls were lost during the Argentine dictatorship of 1976–1983.The film was restored in France in the 1990s using the surviving negatives and lower-quality positives.

Invasión was premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival during the first Directors Fortnight and won an award later in 1969 at the Locarno International Film Festival.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Rocha, Carolina . Argentine Cinema and National Identity (1966-1976) . 2018-05-01 . Oxford University Press . 978-1-78694-826-7 . en.
  2. Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino. https://web.archive.org/web/20221121182959/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ITZbOc_XZnbJ1W2a9Lq9Zk8xJRrWrzPg/view. 21 November 2022. 21 November 2022. 2000. 3. La mirada cautiva. Buenos Aires. Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken. Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive. 6–14.
  3. Web site: Top 100. es. 13 November 2022. 11 November 2022. Encuesta de cine argentino 2022.
  4. Book: Rist, Peter H. . Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema . 2014-05-08 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-0-8108-8036-8 . en.