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Of Love and Shadows

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A photographer (Antonio Banderas) and a woman (Jennifer Connelly) become allies against the military after the coup in 1973 Chile.
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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/09/2011
C
Misconceived and curiously uninvolving political melodrama, despite the urgent subject. Go to Full Review
Scott Nash Three Movie Buffs 08/26/2010
2/4
Nice performances by Connelly and Banderas can't make up for the rest of this snoozefest. Go to Full Review
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 01/01/2004
2/5
Rebecca Murray About.com 12/03/2003
3/5
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 03/24/2002
1/5
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Del M Jan 11 This movie should be made again in Spanish, in Chile or Argentina with actors from those countries. It is a beautiful story but English speaking actors speaking with Spanish accents was a disaster. Hope it could be made again in Spanish, it would mad a huge difference!!!! See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 12/05/2015 Of Love and Shadows is a decent film. It is about Irene who is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Connelly give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Betty Kaplan did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama and romance. See more 11/10/2014 good historical drama See more 07/12/2014 Starts slowly but builds interest as a newly paired sheltered journalist (Jennifer Connelly) and subversive photographer (Antonio Banderas) who works "in the shadows" uncover military atrocities in 1970s Chile. He comes off as a real prick in the opening scenes but the story develops in a way that makes their close working relationship turn into a believable love affair with both reacting to a desperate need to cherish life amidst a country full of tragic stories under the domineering thumb of a fascist government. Novelty to see Connelly cast as a Chilean, she's positively gorgeous and her accent is not bad at all, it's the Spanish & South American actors speaking English with heavy accents that can be hard to understand! The stars share a passionate love scene in the mountains outside an abandoned mine, now that would be one hearty good-lookin' baby. See more Frances H 06/05/2014 I wanted to like this film, as I do both of the actors here, and I'm always against dictatorships and governmental brutality, but this film was just too slow and sometimes confusing. I'm sure the book was better. See more 05/02/2012 A boring, never ending melodramatic lullaby! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A photographer (Antonio Banderas) and a woman (Jennifer Connelly) become allies against the military after the coup in 1973 Chile.
Director
Betty Kaplan
Producer
Richard Goodwin, Betty Kaplan, Paul Mayersohn
Screenwriter
Donald Freed
Production Co
Miramax
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 25, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$22.1K
Runtime
1h 49m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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