Of Love and Shadows
1994 film
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Of Love and Shadows, also known as De amor y de sombra, is a 1994 Chilean-Argentine-American drama film written and directed by Betty Kaplan and starring Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli and Patricio Contreras. It is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Isabel Allende.[1][2][3]
Betty Kaplan
Paul Mayersohn
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| Directed by | Betty Kaplan |
| Screenplay by | Donald Freed |
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| Produced by | Richard Goodwin Betty Kaplan Paul Mayersohn |
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| Cinematography | Félix Monti |
| Edited by | Bill Butler Kathryn Himoff |
| Music by | José Nieto |
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| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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| Language | English |
| Box office | $19,710 |
Plot
Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.
Cast
- Antonio Banderas as Francisco[4]
- Jennifer Connelly as Irene[4]
- Stefania Sandrelli as Beatriz[4]
- Diego Wallraff as José[4]
- Camilo Gallardo as Gustavo[4]
- Patricio Contreras as Mario[4]
- Jorge Rivera López as Prof. Leal[4]
- Jacques Arndt as The General[4]
Reception
The film had almost 300,000 admissions in Argentina during 1995.[5]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 20% of 5 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.3/10.[6]
