''State of Reality'' () is a 1984

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directed by Alejandro Doria and starring Luis Brandoni, Darío Grandinetti and

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. The film won the 1985

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Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress ( China Zorrilla).

Plot

During the final years of the dark period of the last civic-military dictatorship and the

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, a young man (Darío Grandinetti) suffers a car accident and is transferred to a public hospital (Muñiz Hospital). In a coma and with severe spinal injuries, the medical professionals believe he has little chance of surviving with dignity, and he is practically abandoned in that state by his family, partner, and friends. However, a stubborn, compassionate, and principled doctor (Luis Brandoni) fights to save him, with the help of one of the nurses at the facility (China Zorrilla).

Cast

* Luis Brandoni as Carlos Ventura * Dora Baret as Delia * Luisina Brando as Susana *

as Marcelo * Oscar Ferrigno as El Profesor * María Vaner as Nora * China Zorrilla as Ágada * Darío Grandinetti as Juan * Fernando Álvarez * Clotilde Borella as pregnant mother * Mónica Villa as Gladys * Manuel Callau * Juan Carlos Corazza * Norberto Díaz * Gabriela Flores * Patricia Hart * Jean Pierre Noher as lab technician * Ruben Cosenza * Jorge Marrale as Ferrero

Reception

The film won the 1985

Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress ( China Zorrilla). It also won the award for best actress (still Zorrilla) at the 1984

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, the Honourable Special Prize at the 1985 Golden Rose Film Festival, and the Feature Film Audience Award at the 1985

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. It was screened out of competition at the

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. The film is considered a metaphor of Argentine's return to democracy.

References

External links

* 1984 films Argentine drama films Films directed by Alejandro Doria 1980s Argentine films {{1980s-Argentina-film-stub