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| Directed by | Eduardo Mignogna |
| Produced by | José Antonio Félez Jorge Rocca |
| Written by | Graciela Aguirre José Antonio Félez Eduardo Mignogna Santiago Carlos Oves |
| Starring | Ingrid Rubio Ricardo Darín |
| Music by | Baby López Fürst |
| Cinematography | Marcelo Camorino |
| Editing by | Juan Carlos Macías Nacho Ruiz Capillas |
| Distributed by | Distribution Company |
| Release date(s) | Argentina: April 16, 1998 Spain: May 22, 1998 |
| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Argentina Spain |
| Language | Spanish German |
El faro (English: The Lighthouse) is a 1998 Argentine and Spanish drama film directed by Eduardo Mignogna. The film is also known in Spain as El faro del Sur.[1]
The screenplay was a collaborative effort of Graciela Aguirre, José Antonio Félez, Eduardo Mignogna, and Santiago Carlos Oves. It features Ingrid Rubio, Jimena Barón, among others. The film won numerous awards including the Goya Awards for Best Foreign Film.
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Two Argentine sisters, Memé and Aneta, are devastated when their mother dies in a fatal car crash. Memé, the elder, is also left lame with one badly scarred leg. The orphaned girls move to Uruguay to stay with their aunts. The sisters often argue, but they are actually very close. Memé flirts but has no luck with boys because of her injury.
On their own now, Memé works as a waitress where she gets to know Andy (Ricardo Darín).
Returning to Montevideo, they meet Dolores (Norma Aleandro), a friend of their late mother. Memé's affair with a man complicates her relationship with her sister. Then Andy invites the pair to his seaside retreat, a lighthouse where their rivalry continues.
The film opened wide in Argentina on April 16, 1998. In Spain it opened on May 22, 1998. It was screened in the United States at the Miami Hispanic Film Festival, Miami, Florida.
The DVD (USA & territories, plus Canada) of El Faro was released on September 21, 2004 by Venevision.
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