“A DARK JOURNEY IN THE MIND OF A SICK MAN”
A former Triple A (Argentine anti-communist alliance) is abandoned by his former colleagues after the Argentine dictatorship falls, in the course of his solitude he slowly becomes more insane and falls further into dementia, at the same time as one of the parents of the many children that he murdered and tortured during the dictatorship persecute him for revenge.
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Cast
28 people
Rodolfo Ranni
Ricardo/Oso
Known for
A Place in the World
On the 3rd Day
Julio De Grazia
Julio
Known for
Waiting for the Hearse
María Vaner
Ana
Known for
The Headless Woman
Gerardo Sofovich
Arturo
Also in
Deadly Revenge
La vereda de la sombra
Edda Bustamante
Cecilia
Also in
Women's Reformatory
Déjate querer
Osvaldo Terranova
Editor-in-chief
Also in
Grandma
Prisioneros de una noche
Lydia Lamaison
Ricardo's Mother
Known for
Wild Angel
Villanueva Cosse
Officer
Known for
Epitaphs
Osvaldo Tesser
Employee
Also in
Antonella
El Refugio (de los Sueños)
Jorge Sassi
Cecilia's Lover
Also in
Endless Summer
Candy Love
Norma Kraider
Model
Also in
Last Days of the Victim
Los fierecillos indomables
Pablo Brichta
Photographer
Known for
The Dark Side of the Heart
Hermanos y detectives
Juan Carlos Desanzo Director · Santiago Carlos Oves Writer José Pablo Feinmann Writer
First release January 1, 1984 · Produced in Argentina · Languages English, Spanish
Production
Argentina
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Languages
Original title
En retirada
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Argentina · January 1, 1984
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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