Summaries

1947, in Patagonia, in a little village on the seaside. An abandoned house on the beach shelters Letty's dreams, her loneliness that only Miguel, a very young pianist, may share with her. Tomas, her husband, loves Letty and eagerly defends her against all the village, while she keeps playing her part of a 'femme fatale' with a romantic past and a very adventurous file. But on a windy day, a handsome and strange foreigner appears, coming from the sea, a man just as those Bette Davis used to fall in love with. For Letty, reality begins to look like the most incredible dreams of her. But this will call the police inspector's attention. With that mysterious spy, Letty will be involved in a story that will end as those stories she was so fond of when she was going to the movie theater of her little willage.—Naleatov

Wonderful but cruel Patagonia is a Paradise dreamed only for those who don't live there. It is 1947. Letty is married to the best doctor in a small town, but the wind and loneliness are not for her. She wants to live like they do in Hollywood movies, and the appearance of a mysterious German traveler encourages her already active imagination. In a game between dreams and imagination, Letty becomes lost in a frantic search for happiness. But life plays her an unexpected trick, very different from Hollywood happy endings...—Anonymous

Details

Genres
  • Drama
Release date Jul 1, 1998
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin Argentina
Language Spanish
Filming locations Puerto Deseado, Patagonia, Argentina
Production companies Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) Oscar Barney Finn Produccionnes

Box office

Gross US & Canada $9743
Opening weekend US & Canada $3636
Gross worldwide $9743

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio

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