A Shadow You Soon Will Be (1994)

★ 3.9 1h 45m IMDb
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This film follows the exploits of a middle aged man as he wanders through Argentina. It is set in the early '80s following the end of Argentina's long military dictatorship and is based on a 1990 novel by Osvaldo Soriano. Only recently returned from European exile, with no family and friends to welcome him home, "the engineer" travels the lonely southern Pampas of Argentina on the way to a job. He is periodically joined by other strange wanderers such as Nadia, the gun slinging psychic, Lem, a strange travelling millionaire, Barante, the hobo, and Coluccini, a bankrupt circus owner who involves "the engineer" in a rigged card game..

A Shadow You Soon Will Be

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Miguel Ángel Solá
Miguel Ángel Solá as Ingeniero Age 75 Miguel Ángel Solá is a prolific Argentine actor who has made over sixty appearances in film and TV in Argentina since 1973. Solá belongs to the Vehil's dinasty of actors, eight generations of actors o...
Pepe Soriano
Pepe Soriano as Coluccini (as Pepe Soriano) Died 2023 · Colegiales, Buenos Aires City, Argentina Pepe Soriano (born José Carlos Soriano, on September 25, 1929) is a prominent Argentine actor, director, and playwright. Soriano was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Enrolling at the prest...
Roberto Carnaghi
Roberto Carnaghi Age 87 · Villa Adelina, Buenos Aires, Argentina Roberto Carnaghi (Buenos Aires, born August 25, 1938) is an Argentine theatre, film, and television actor..
Luis Brandoni
Luis Brandoni as Barrante Age 86 · Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina Luis "Beto" Brandoni (1940-2026) was one of Argentina's most renowned and significant actors. He was born in Dock Sud, a port community east of Avellaneda. He debuted on the stage in 1962, on televisi...
Eusebio Poncela
Eusebio Poncela Age 78 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain Eusebio Poncela  (September 15, 1947 - August 27, 2025) was a Spanish actor. His debut on stage was with"Mariana Pineda". In 1969 appears on screen for first time in "Fuenteovejuna", but his first...
Alfonso De Grazia
Alfonso De Grazia Died 2000 · Buenos Aires, Argentina Alfonso De Grazia (Buenos Aires, November 20, 1932 - Ib., November 28, 2000) was an Argentine actor of film, theater and television. He was the younger brother of the also actor Julio de Grazia. When...

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