Of Love and Shadows

R

1994

1h 49m

Drama

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20%

5 Reviews

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32%

1,000+ Ratings

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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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ashley h

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

good historical drama

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Frances H

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.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/11/14

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Audience Member

A boring, never ending melodramatic lullaby!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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This was an excellent movie and I can't believe it received such a low rating. It led me to do some research on this very dark and violent time in Chile. I would rate it a 5 star.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Betty Kaplan

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Jennifer Connelly

Irene

Antonio Banderas

Francisco

Stefania Sandrelli

Beatriz

Camilo Gallardo

Gustavo

Patricio Contreras

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Emanuel Levy

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Misconceived and curiously uninvolving political melodrama, despite the urgent subject.

Rated: C

Jul 9, 2011

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Scott Nash

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Nice performances by Connelly and Banderas can't make up for the rest of this snoozefest.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 26, 2010

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Michael Dequina

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Rated: 2/5

Jan 1, 2004

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Rated: 3/5

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Rated: 1/5

Mar 24, 2002

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Synopsis

A photographer (Antonio Banderas) and a woman (Jennifer Connelly) become allies against the military after the coup in 1973 Chile.

Director: Betty Kaplan
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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