Invasión
Encyclopedia
Invasión is an Argentine
film released in 1969
and directed by Hugo Santiago
. It is an example of an interphase between the classic cinema and nouvelle vague of French style. Its plot goes from a police history, towards a fantastic-oniric film, with a progressive alienism of the situations.
The invaders are common men who defend the city, ignored by the people in general, but with the development of the film 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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Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
film released in 1969
1969 in film
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980...
and directed by Hugo Santiago
Hugo Santiago
Hugo Santiago was born Hugo Santiago Muchnick in 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has lived in France since 1959. He studied Literature, Philosophy and Music. From 1959 to 1966 he was assistant director to Robert Bresson...
. It is an example of an interphase between the classic cinema and nouvelle vague of French style. Its plot goes from a police history, towards a fantastic-oniric film, with a progressive alienism of the situations.
Plot
A group of men commanded by an old one tries to stop an invasion to the city of Aquilea.The invaders are common men who defend the city, ignored by the people in general, but with the development of the film 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
Trojan War
In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology and was narrated in many works of Greek literature, including the Iliad...
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Characters
- Don Porfirio, interpreted by Juan Carlos PazJuan Carlos PazJuan Carlos Paz was an Argentine composer and music theorist.Paz was born in Buenos Aires, where he studied piano with Roberto Nery and composition with Constantino Gaito and Fornarini...
: He is the head of the defenders. He calls one by one, giving them the instructions, but he also has other plans. - Julián Herrera, interpreted by Lautaro MurúaLautaro MurúaLautaro Murúa was a Chilean-born Argentine actor, film director, and screenwriter. He is one of the best known actors in the Cinema of Argentina....
: Commands the men who fight the invasor. Flat Hero, without visible emotions, almost the prototype of the BorgeanJorge Luis BorgesJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...
compadrito. - Irene, interpreted by Olga ZubarryOlga ZubarryOlga Adela Zubarriain is a retired Argentine film actress. Born in Parque de los Patricios, she is a fan of Huracan, a famous soccer team in Buenos Aires. She made almost 80 appearances in film between 1943 and 1997 spanning 6 decades of Argentine cinema.She began her career at Lumiton studios in...
: Herrera's wife, has a double life, and the discovery of this double life was the final surprise of the film.
Connections
- The city: The story speaks of Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, calling it Aquilea, and the lost of old values produced by the invasion. - El EternautaEl EternautaEl Eternauta is a science fiction comic created by Argentine comic strip writer Héctor Germán Oesterheld with artwork by Francisco Solano López. It was first published in Hora Cero Semanal from 1957 to 1959....
: The invasors arrive to Buenos Aires, defended by a dispersed group, that knows that the defense is impossible, and the final victory of the invaders by their large number was used in the comic stripComic stripA comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
El Eternauta of Héctor Germán OesterheldHéctor Germán OesterheldHéctor Germán Oesterheld , also known as his common abbreviation HGO, was an Argentine journalist and writer of graphic novels and comics who has come to be celebrated as a master in his field....
of 1957. - The Trojan WarTrojan WarIn Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology and was narrated in many works of Greek literature, including the Iliad...
: The epic of the defeated begins to IliadIliadThe Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles...
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