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Garage Olimpo
Garage Olimpo

Garage Olimpo

Genres

Drama

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Maria is a militant activist in an organisation opposed to the military dictatorship in Argentina. She teaches reading and writing in the shanty towns and lives with her mother in an old and run-down residence. One morning, Maria is carried off, in front of her mother, by a military squad dressed in civilian clothes. The young woman is taken to the Olimpo garage, one of the numerous torture chambers which haunt Buenos Aires to the general indifference of the population. In order to make Maria talk, Tigre, the head of the centre, gives her to one of his best men, Felix.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

98 mins

Rating

6.784/10

Release Date

02 September 1999

Country

Argentina

Cast

Antonella Costa

Antonella Costa

Maria

Carlos Echevarría

Carlos Echevarría

Felix

Enrique Piñeyro

Enrique Piñeyro

Tigre

Pablo Razuk

Pablo Razuk

Tex

Dominique Sanda

Dominique Sanda

Diane

Chiara Caselli

Chiara Caselli

Ana

Paola Bechis

Paola Bechis

Gloria

Adrián Fondari

Adrián Fondari

Rubio

Marcelo Chaparro

Marcelo Chaparro

Turco

Miguel Oliveira

Miguel Oliveira

Nene

Ruy Krieger

Ruy Krieger

Francisco

Marcos Montes

Marcos Montes

Vibora

Érica Rivas

Érica Rivas

Hija de Tigre

Gonzalo Urtizberea

Gonzalo Urtizberea

Cura

Roly Serrano

Roly Serrano

Escribano

Jean Pierre Reguerraz

Jean Pierre Reguerraz

Juan Carlos

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