Of Love and Shadows (1994)
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20% of critics liked it
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35% of users liked it
(964 ratings)
The Spanish/Argentinian Of Love and Shadows (De Amor y Sombras) is a fragmentary adaptation of the Isabel Allende novel of the same name. The scene is Chile, during the dictatorial Pinochet regime of the early 1970s. Journalist Jennifer Connelly, insulated from the truth and enjoying the romantic… More The Spanish/Argentinian Of Love and Shadows (De Amor y Sombras) is a fragmentary adaptation of the Isabel Allende novel of the same name. The scene is Chile, during the dictatorial Pinochet regime of the early 1970s. Journalist Jennifer Connelly, insulated from the truth and enjoying the romantic favors of Army officer Camillo Gallardin, prefers to turn a blind eye to the political turmoil all around her. She changes her attitude abruptly when she falls in love with charismatic self-styled anarchist Antonio Banderas. The grim realities depicted in the Allende novel are soft-pedalled in favor of the Connelly-Banderas love story-which, truth to tell, doesn't play very well on screen. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Betty Kaplan
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International
R,
- In Theaters
- May 10, 1996 Wide
- Studio
- Miramax
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Misconceived and curiously uninvolving political melodrama, despite the urgent subject.
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Scott Nash, Three Movie Buffs
Nice performances by Connelly and Banderas can't make up for the rest of this snoozefest.
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Cast
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Jennifer Connelly
as Irene
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Antonio Banderas
as Francisco
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Stefania Sandrelli
as Beatriz
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Camilo Gallardo
as Gustavo
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Patricio Contreras
as Mario
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Susana Cortinez
as Rosa
- Tcheky Karyo
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Diego Wallraff
as Jose
- Angela Ragno
- Jorge Rivera López
