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Invasión
Invasión
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hugo Santiago
Written by	Adolfo Bioy Casares; Jorge Luis Borges; Hugo Santiago
Starring	Olga Zubarry; Lautaro Murúa; Juan Carlos Paz
Cinematography	Ricardo Aronovich; Adelqui Camuso
Edited by	Oscar Montauti
Music by	Edgardo Canton
Distributed by	Proartel S.A.
Release date	October 16, 1969
Running time	123 min
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

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Invasión is an Argentine film released in 1969 and directed by Hugo Santiago, who had also written the script together with Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares. Its style is intermediate between classic cinema and the French nouvelle vague.^[1]

In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 38th position.^[2] In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 2nd position.^[3]

Plot

A group of men commanded by an older man attempts to stop an invasion of the city of Aquilea. The invaders are met by common men who defend the city, but it is ignored by the people in general, and as the film continues 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."

Characters

Don Porfirio, played by Juan Carlos Paz: He is the head of the defenders. He calls one by one, giving them the instructions, but he also has other plans.
Julián Herrera, played by Lautaro Murúa: Commands the men who fight the invaders. Flat Hero, without visible emotions, almost the prototype of the Borgean compadrito.
Irene, played by Olga Zubarry: Herrera's wife, has a double life, and the discovery of this double life is the final surprise of the film.

Production

Part of the film was shot in the Boca Juniors stadium.

History

Some negative rolls were lost during the Argentine dictatorship of 1976–1983. The film was restored in France in the 1990s using the surviving negatives and lower-quality positives.

Invasión was premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival during the first Directors Fortnight and won an award later in 1969 at the Locarno International Film Festival.^[4]

Connections

The city: The story speaks of Buenos Aires, calling it Aquilea.
El Eternauta: The invaders 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 strip El Eternauta of Héctor Germán Oesterheld of 1957.
The Trojan War: The epic of the defeated begins to Iliad.

References

^ Rocha, Carolina (2018-05-01). Argentine Cinema and National Identity (1966-1976). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-78694-826-7.
^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La mirada cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
^ "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
^ Rist, Peter H. (2014-05-08). Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-8036-8.

External links

Invasión at IMDb
Invasión on "The Garden of Forking Paths" Borges site.
DVD version
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in czech
in spanish (critica)
in english^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[1] Rocha, Carolina (2018-05-01). Argentine Cinema and National Identity (1966-1976). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-78694-826-7.

[2] "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La mirada cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.

[3] "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

[4] Rist, Peter H. (2014-05-08). Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-8036-8.

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