Invasión

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]

Not to be confused with Invasión (2014 film).
Invasión
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHugo Santiago
Written byAdolfo Bioy Casares
Jorge Luis Borges
Hugo Santiago
StarringOlga Zubarry
Lautaro Murúa
Juan Carlos Paz
CinematographyRicardo Aronovich
Adelqui Camuso
Edited byOscar Montauti
Music byEdgardo Canton
Distributed byProartel S.A.
Release date
October 16, 1969
Running time
123 min
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

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."

Map of Aquilea

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
Boca Juniors' stadium, La Bombonera, was one of the locations of the film

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

See also
  • Alphaville, a New Wave black-and-white film featuring men in trench-coats traveling around a city.

References
  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. Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken (3): 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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