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

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directed by

Alejandro Doria Alejandro Doria (November 1, 1936 – June 17, 2009) was a noted Argentine cinema and television director. Life and work Born in Buenos Aires on November 1, 1936, Alejandro Doria first worked for Argentine television in 1965 as a writer for ...

and starring

Luis Brandoni Adalberto Luis Brandoni (born 18 April 1940) is an Argentine actor and politician. Biography Brandoni was born in Dock Sud, a port community east of Avellaneda. He debuted on the stage in 1962, television in 1963, and on film in 1966. He joined ...

Darío Grandinetti Darío Alejandro Grandinetti (born 5 March 1959) is an Argentine actor. He is known for his numerous roles in television, theater and film, where he participated in films by renowned directors such as Alejandro Doria, Pedro Almodóvar and Dami ...

and

Lito Cruz Lito Cruz (May 14, 1941 – December 19, 2017) was a prominent Argentine stage director and motion picture actor. Life and work Lito was born Oscar Alberto Cruz in the working-class La Plata suburb of Berisso in 1941, and began performing in lo ...

. The film won the 1985

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Awards for

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, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (

China Zorrilla China Zorrilla (; born Concepción Matilde Zorrilla de San Martín Muñoz; 14 March 1922 – 17 September 2014) was an Uruguayan theater, film, and television actress, also director, producer and writer. An immensely popular star in the Riopl ...

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

as Carlos Ventura *

Dora Baret Dora Baret (born July 7, 1940) is an Argentine film, theatre and television actress. She was the female lead in ''Darse cuenta'' which won the 1984 Silver Condor Award for Best Film''.'' Life and work She was born Dora Barrera in 1940 in Huerta ...

as Delia *

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as Susana *

as Marcelo * Oscar Ferrigno as El Profesor *

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as Nora *

as Ágada *

as Juan * Fernando Álvarez *

Clotilde Borella Clotilde ( 474 – 3 June 545 in Burgundy, France) (also known as Clotilda (Fr.), Chlothilde (Ger.) Chlothieldis, Chlotichilda, Clodechildis, Croctild, Crote-hild, Hlotild, Rhotild, and many other forms), is a saint and was a Queen of the Frank ...

as pregnant mother * Mónica Villa as Gladys *

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* Patricia Hart *

Jean Pierre Noher Jean Pierre Noher (born May 5, 1956) is a French-born Argentine actor. Biography A great-nephew of director Max Ophüls, Noher was born in Paris, in 1956. He relocated to Argentina as a young man, and debuted on Argentine television with a p ...

as lab technician * Ruben Cosenza * Jorge Marrale as Ferrero

Reception

The film won the 1985

Awards for

, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (

). It also won the award for best actress (still Zorrilla) at the 1984

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, the Honourable Special Prize at the 1985

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, 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