Amador (1994) Spain
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Director:Fernando Leon De Aranoa
Studio:Film Movement
Writer:Hal Hartley
Rating:6.9 (3,916 votes)
Rated:Unrated
Date Added:2013-12-06
UPC:0616892183969
Price:$24.95
Awards:1 win & 2 nominations
Genre:Spanish films
Release:2012-05-08
IMDb:0109093
Duration:112
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:Spanish
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300011213
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Fernando Leon De Aranoa  ...  (Director)
Hal Hartley  ...  (Writer)
 
Magaly Solier  ...  Marcela
Isabelle Huppert  ...  Isabelle
Martin Donovan  ...  Thomas Ludens
Elina Löwensohn  ...  Sofia Ludens
Damian Young  ...  Edward, Jaque's Accountant
Chuck Montgomery  ...  Jan, Jaque's Goon
Dave Simonds  ...  Kurt, Jaque's Goon
Pamela Stewart  ...  Officer Patsy Melville
Erica Gimpel  ...  Irate Woman
Jan Leslie Harding  ...  Waitress
Terry Alexander  ...  Frank, the Cook
Holt McCallany  ...  Usher
Hugh Palmer  ...  Warren
Michael Imperioli  ...  Doorman at Club
Angel Caban  ...  Detective
Emmanuel Xuereb  ...  Bartender
Celso Bugallo  ...  Amador
Pietro Sibille  ...  Nelson
Sonia Almarcha  ...  Yolanda
Juan Alberto de Burgos  ...  Vendedor de neveras
Fanny de Castro  ...  Puri
Priscilla Delgado  ...  
Antonio Durán 'Morris'  ...  Samuel
Eleazar Ortiz  ...  Vecino
Raquel Pérez  ...  Farmacéutica
Christian Sampedro  ...  Vendedor electrodomésticos
Manolo Solo  ...  Cura
Ramiro Civita  ...  Cinematographer
Comments: From MCL Fall 2013

Summary: Marcela, a young immigrant with financial troubles, finds a summer job looking after Amador, a bed-ridden elderly man whose family is away. She thinks her problems are solved, but Amador dies shortly thereafter, putting Marcela in a predicament. His death leaves her jobless, something she can't afford to let happen. Faced with a difficult moral dilemma, Marcela will prove that death can't always stop life.