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The T&I Spanish Program of GSTILE is proud to present the twenty-fifth film in its Argentine Film Series. This is a continuing, free-of-charge event, open to all MIIS students, faculty, staff and guests. Films are in Spanish with English subtitles. The blockbuster film noir THE SIGNAL (LA SEÑAL, 2007) will be screened Tuesday, November 10, at 6:30 PM in Room B 104. The film was to be directed by Eduardo Mignogna, starring Ricardo Darín. It was supposed to be their fourth project together. Mignogna died a few weeks into preproduction and Darín took over, making his debut as a director. In the days prior to Eva Peron’s death, a pair of lowly detectives (Darín and Diego Peretti) are thrust into a case of corruption involving the Mafia and, as could be expected, a damsel in distress played by Julieta Díaz.

THE SIGNAL has been recognized both by film critics and audiences alike, and was nominated for fourteen Silver Condor Awards—the statuette of the Argentine Film Critics Association. It won in four categories: Best Supporting Actor (Diego Peretti), Cinematography, Art Direction and Costume Design. The other 10 nominations were for Best Picture, Director, Actor (Darín), Supporting Actor and Actress (Andrea Pietra and Vando Villamil), New Actor (Enrique Porcellana), Screenplay, Music, Editing and Sound..

Watch the trailer (in Spanish) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My3bC4nbAIk&feature=related

In the last 25 years, Argentine films have gained increasing recognition throughout the world, even beating American and local blockbusters at the box-office in countries such as Spain and France. We started our series with the only Argentine film ever to win the Oscar® for Foreign-Language Film—the political drama The Official Story—and followed it with Valentin, Burnt Money, Nine Queens, Waiting for the Hearse, Same Love Same Rain, The Holy Girl, Common Ground, Son of the Bride, The Aura, Autumn Sun, Ashes from Paradise, Enlightened by Fire, Camila: Love Against All Odds, Kamchatka, Live-In Maid, The Die Is Cast, The Lighthouse, A Red Bear, The Hands, Family Law, The Bodyguard, XXY and A Boyfriend for My Wife. Our last film for the Fall Semester will be the Argentina’s representative to the 2009 Oscars®, Lion’s Den (Leonera, 2008).

Special screenings on demand. Please contact Prof. Marcos Celesia.