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Also known as Invasion

Invasión is an Argentine science fiction mystery film released in 1969 and directed by Hugo Santiago and written by Santiago together with Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares. Widely regarded as an important cult film, its style is considered as intermediate between classic cinema and the French nouvelle vague.

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7.3

Hearing the summons from an elderly man, a volunteer troop of middle-aged men gather to defend their country from dark foreign invaders.

Released: 1969-10-16123 minDir: Hugo SantiagoDrama, Science Fiction

Cast

  • Lautaro Murúa as Herrera
  • Juan Carlos Paz as Don Porfirio
  • Olga Zubarry as Irene
  • Martín Adjemián as Irala
  • Daniel Fernández as Lebendiger
  • Roberto Villanueva as Silva

Themes

  • invasion

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Ratings

IMDb

7.2/10

1,105 votes

Year
1969
Runtime
123 min
Genres
Drama, Sci-Fi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
Argentina
Original language
Spanish
Main subject
siege
Cinematographer
Ricardo Aronovich
Narrative location
Buenos Aires
Duration
125
FilmAffinity ID
426911
Image
Dibujo sobre Aquilea.png
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publication date
1968-01-01
title
Invasión
set in period
1957
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Invasión is an Argentine science fiction mystery film released in 1969 and directed by Hugo Santiago and written by Santiago together with Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares. Widely regarded as an important cult film, its style is considered as intermediate between classic cinema and the French nouvelle vague.

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. 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.

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