A PLACE IN THE WORLD, an Argentine/Uruguayan co-production, takes elements from the American western and fuses them with a social drama set in a remote valley in Argentina. Directed by Adolfo Aristarain, perhaps best known for 1981's TIME FOR REVENGE, this lyrical amalgam explores the
complexities of political idealism versus capitalist exploitation, while providing an accessible coming-of-age story of youthful romance.
Aristarain and Alberto Lecchi's screenplay, based on a story by the former, uses the wraparound device of a reminiscence by a medical student who recalls events of the early 1980s which helped shape his maturity. At the time a young teenager, E...
Released:
1992
Rated:
NR
Length:
120 mins