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'Invasin' 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'.

Plot



A group of men commanded by an older man attempts to stop an invasion to the city of Aquilea.

The invaders are met by common men who defend the city, ignored by the people in general, but with the development of the film 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.

* 'Julin Herrera', played by Lautaro Mura: 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 was the final surprise of the film.

Production



, 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 19761983.

The film was restored in France in the 1990s using the surviving negatives and lower-quality positives.

Invasin 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.

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 Hctor Germn Oesterheld of 1957.

* The Trojan War: The epic of the defeated begins to Iliad.

See also



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

References




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