This week at the movies

Eight new releases this week! Three local films, a 3D remake, a horror movie, a french offering and two indies are out in the buenos aires theatres.

• TRES DESEOS. A sentimental drama exploring the dissatisfactions and possible escape routes of a couple turning 40 and their daughter. When the couple takes off on their own for a weekend in Colonia to celebrate her birthday, the wheels start turning. (Argentina, 2009.) Written and directed by: Vivian Imar and Marcelo Trotta - Featuring: Florencia Raggi, Julieta Cardinali, Antonio Birabent - PG13 - Running time: 97 minutes

• EL TORCAN. A biopic of tango singer Luis Cardei, who passed away in January 2000. He was the ultimate bar and cantina singer, with a repertoire of tangos from before the 1940s. He hit the big time after he turned 50, recording three albums in only five years. (Argentina, 2009) Written and directed by: Gabriel Arregui - Featuring: Oski Guzmán, Claudia Disti, Rodrigo de la Serna, Fausto Collado, Alfredo Cardei - PG13 - Running time: 108 minutes.

• LA EXTRANJERA. An Argentine woman who left the country for Barcelona during the 2001 crisis returns to a small town in San Luis after her grandfather’s death. He leaves her a farm in his will, and she has to take the helm of the establishment. (Argentina, 2009) Written and directed by: Fernando Díaz - Featuring: Norma Argentina, Roly Serrano and Arnaldo André - G - Running time: 92 minutes.

• THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 3D (EL EXTRAÑO MUNDO DE JACK 3D). On the 13th anniversary of this story by Tim Burton brought to stopmotion by Henry Selick (Coraline) comes a 3D version. A second chance for this beautiful horror/Christmas story on theatres, with iconic characters that will now jump off the screen. (US, 2008, in English) Directed by: Henry Selick - Written by: Tim Burton - Original voices: Catherine O‘Hara, Danny Elfman - G - Running time: 76 minutes.

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