Antonieta (1982)
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In this French-Mexican-Spanish film that hops back and forth between the narration's present and its past, viewers watch Antonieta (Isabelle Adjani) as she is involved in the turbulent Mexican political scene in the first decades of the 20th century -- as she goes to Paris and commits suicide in… More In this French-Mexican-Spanish film that hops back and forth between the narration's present and its past, viewers watch Antonieta (Isabelle Adjani) as she is involved in the turbulent Mexican political scene in the first decades of the 20th century -- as she goes to Paris and commits suicide in the Notre Dame cathedral of that city, and then, in a confusing segment of the film, as she is seen with the present-day Parisian author (Hanna Schygulla) who is researching the story of Antonieta's death and who is a witness to her suicide. The film does not follow that chronology exactly, rather introducing the Parisian author first, and taking the author to Mexico for her research where she sees film clips from the political turmoil of the 1910s-1920s and gradually gets to "know" Antonieta -- though in the end, it could be said that no one seems to know Antonieta really well, or why she would want to kill herself. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Carlos Saura
- Written By
- Jean-Claude Carriere
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
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Cast
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Isabelle Adjani
as Antonieta Rivas Mercado
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Hanna Schygulla
as Anna
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Ignacio López Tarso
as Vargas
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Carlos Bracho
as Jose Vasconcelos
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Gonzalo Vega
as Manuel Lozano
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Diana Bracho
as Juana
- Héctor Alterio
- Bruno Rey
- Victor Junco
- Edward Clark
- Victor Alcocer
- Narciso Busquets
- Erika Carlsson
- Fernando Balazaretti
- Fernando Palavicini
- Sylvie Favre
- Fernando Balzaretti
- Jose Lavat
