Amapola (film)

Amapola is a 2014 Argentine-American romantic comedy fantasy film written and directed by Eugenio Zanetti and starring Camilla Belle, François Arnaud, Lito Cruz, Leonor Benedetto and Geraldine Chaplin. It is the first film as a director of Zanetti, who was previously known for his work in art director, as well as set designer and theater/opera director.

Amapola
Film poster
Directed byEugenio Zanetti
Produced by
  • Gonzalo Vila
  • Daniel Benadon
  • Rodrigo Vila
  • Dalila Zaritzky
  • Guillermo Rossi
  • Sabina Sigler
  • Raúl Campos
Written byEugenio Zanetti
Starring
Music byEmilio Kauderer
CinematographyUeli Steiger
Edited by
Production
company
Cinema 7 Films
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • June 5, 2014 (2014-06-05) (Argentina)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryArgentina
Estados Unidos
LanguageSpanish
English

Plot

During the turbulent years that changed Argentina - between 1966's Coup d'état and its subsequent dictatorship, the Malvinas/Falklands War in 1982 and the return to democracy in 1983 - a young woman who lives with a family of artists is magically transported to the future, where she discovers the decadence that fell upon her family, their estate and herself. She decides to return to her present in an effort to maintain the union of her family, save her happiness and find her true love.

Cast
  • Camilla Belle as Amapola
  • François Arnaud as Luke
  • Geraldine Chaplin as Memé
  • Lito Cruz as Amapola's father
  • Leonor Benedetto as Clara
  • Esmeralda Mitre as Sisy
  • Elena Roger
  • Nicolás Pauls as Ariel
  • Luciano Cáceres as Tincho
  • Nicolás Scarpino as Lalo
  • Liz Solari as Lola
  • Juan Luppi as Juan
  • Santiago Caamaño as Gáston
  • Juan Acosta as Saporitti

Production

Amapola was for a long time a dream project for Argentine Eugenio Zanetti, who gained international recognition for his work in many Hollywood films as Flatliners (1990), Last Action Hero (1993), What Dreams May Come (1998) and The Haunting (1999), and won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction in 1995, for the film Restoration. Zanetti also participated as the film's production designer.

Camilla Belle took some time before filming for learning to speak Castilian, a variant of the Spanish language and Argentina's official language (as well as the most popularly talked in the country), and to do so with a "Porteño" (people from Buenos Aires City) accent.

Reception

Released in Argentina on June 5, 2014, the film received mixed to negative reviews.[1]

See also

References
  1. Amapola reviews Todas Las Críticas
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