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The Sidewalks of Saturn
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The Sidewalks of Saturn

1986-04-30 · 145 min · ★ 6.0

Drama · Music

Hugo Santiago and writers Juan José Saer and Jorge Semprún move back and forth between Paris and the city of Aquilea in a shadowy fable about exile. The frontier between one city and the other begins to blur after Bandoneonist Rodolfo Mederos is visited by his sister, a member of a guerrilla organization.

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Directors
Hugo Santiago
Production companies
Caliban Audiovisuel, Euro American Films S.A., Ministère de la Culture, Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement International
Countries
Argentina, France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Rodolfo MederosRodolfo MederosFabián Cortés
Bérangère BonvoisinBérangère BonvoisinDanielle Mallet
Edgardo LusiMario
Andrea Livier AronovichMarta
Philippe ClévenotPhilippe ClévenotComisario
Emmanuel DechartreFrank
Catherine JarretLucie
Sophie LucachevskiDominique
Diego Mas TrellesLuna
Mónica MórtolaLaura
Juan QuirnoEl tano
Stanislav StanojevicMirko
Maurice VallierMaurice VallierP.D.G.
René-Louis Des ForêtsArolas
Michèle Bokobza
Patrick BonnelPatrick Bonnel
Osvaldo Caló
Tomás Gubitsch
Chipi Lagos
Louisette Malapert

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