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Wild Horses (1995 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Wild Horses' is a 1995 Argentine road movie directed by Marcelo Pieyro and written by Pieyro and Ada Bortnik. It stars Hctor Alterio, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Cecilia Dopazo and Federico Luppi in a cameo appearance. The film chronicles the five days of two fugitives on the run after robbing a corporation and being targeted by the media. The film was the most popular Argentinian film of the year. It was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Plot
Jos is an aging anarchist who decides to get even with the corporation that stole $15,344 from his family 18 years ago. When confronted by the yuppie manager, Pedro Mendoza, Jos threatens to kill himself and orders him to hand in the requested amount of money. In the ensuing chaos, Pedro stumbles upon a drawer holding half a million dollars, and puts it all in the bag. He then asks Jos to take him hostage so that the police will not shoot them, and both drive away successfully.
After the robbery, Pedro is confronted with a dilemma: he cannot turn himself in, because the stolen money is laundered money and he will thus have trouble with the mafia, so he decides to join Jos on a road trip to Patagonia as they run away from police and mafia alike.
On their way to the border they bond and decide to correct those false claims made by the media so as to clear their names and justify their actions. They tape a message and send it to the TV, and on the way to safety they are aided by gas station attendants who view the couple as modern-day Robin Hoods. They are nicknamed by the press coverage '"Los Indomables"' (The Untameable).
They decide to take a bus that will get them closer to the border (because their car ended up in a river). Aboard they meet a punk girl, Ana, who steals the bag containing the half million dollars, but promptly returns it when they catch up with her. They decide to let her into their society, and she steals a jeep for them. The three decide to "return" the money to the people, and rain the half-million on a cheering crowd, keeping only what is necessary for the trip. After that they are on the run again.
"Los Indomables" manage to get to the border after dodging a pursuing helicopter; with the aid of the gas station attendants they avoid road blocks and the two hitmen sent by the mafia, whom they finally encounter and get rid of. Once at the border, they meet with Eusebio, husband to the sister of Jos's long dead wife. After reconciling with him, he reveals his profession - kept secret throughout the film - to Pedro: horse breeder.
In the final moments of the movie, Jos bids farewell to Pedro and Ana, who have fallen in love, as they ride away on two horses to the Chilean border. Jos then frees all of his horses, and as he sets the last one going, he is shot in the back by a person offscreen. He dies, and the end is a montage of Jos's horses running free, and Jos himself dancing (from a previous scene in the movie) and shouting to the skies how good it feels to feel alive.
Cast
* Hctor Alterio as Jos
* Leonardo Sbaraglia as Pedro
* Cecilia Dopazo as Ana
* Fernn Mirs as Martn Jurez
* Daniel Kuzniecka as Rodolfo
* Antonio Grimau as Enrique Garca del Campo
* Cipe Lincovsky as Natalia
* Federico Luppi as Eusebio
* Eduardo Carmona
* Adrin Yospe as Thug 1
* Mnica Scaparone as Mnica
* Regina Lamm as Margarita Lamadrid
* Hctor Malamud as Mozo
* Alex Benn as Esteban
* Jorge Garca Marino as Pedros father
* Miguel Ruiz Daz as Thug 2
* Fernando lvarez as Truck driver 1
* Tito Haas as Truck driver 2
* Ernesto Claudio as Editor
* Emilio Bardi as Carrasco
* Jorge Petraglia as Rogelio
* Pablo Patlis as Assistant to Garca del Campo
* Eduardo Peaguda as Saverio
* scar Rodrguez as Truck driver
* Alejandro Fiore as Truck driver
* Alejandro Fain as Truck driver
* Jorge Prado as Truck driver
* Miguel ngel Porro as Petrol station owner
* Hernn Alix as Policeman 1
* Juan Carlos Silvetti as Policeman 2
* Julia Calvo as Nurse
* Anala Vigliocco as Nurse
* Celina Tell
* Laura Carina Pantaleone as Journalist'
* Hctor Bordoni
* Marina Peralta Ramos
* Federico D'Ela
* Luz Moyano
* Guadalupe Martnez
* Guillermo Hernndez
* Silvia Dotta
* Marcelo Carmelo
* Jos Zelik
* Augusto Rommer
* Roberto Dimare
See also
* List of submissions to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Argentine submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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