Extraordinary Stories

2008

4h 2m

8.0(43 votes)

Drama

Overview

X arrives in a small town and witnesses a violent act; Z takes the job of a dead manager and discovers that he had a notebook written in code and a map; H is hired to go down a river and investigate a series of mysterious monoliths built on the shore.

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Cast & Crew

98 members

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Walter Jakob

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Agustín Mendilaharzu

Directing

Mariano Llinás

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Klaus Dietze

César

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Horacio Marassi

Saponara

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Eduardo Iacono

Factorovich

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Lola Arias

Alicia

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Mariana Chaud

María Luisa

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Julio Citarella

Bagnasco

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Edmundo Lavalle

Palomeque

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Leandro Ibarra

Salvador Armas

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Héctor Bordoni

Carlos Armas

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Óscar Mauregui

Orlando Rey

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Fernando Llosa

Cuevas

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Esteban Lamothe

Husband

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Alberto Suárez

Old Man

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Ana Livingston

Lola Gallo

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Lila Monti

Kissing Girl

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Germán de Silva

Villager

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Emma Rivera

Mrs. Gavilán

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Gerardo Naumann

German Officer #1

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William Prociuk

German Officer #2

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Marcelo Mariño

Yañez

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Elisa Carricajo

Palomeque's Daughter

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Gerardo Sebastián García

Gerardo

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Victoria Hladilo

Neighbor

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Matías Feldman

Carlos Dorado

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Santiago Gobernori

Griffa

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Mara Guerra

Phone Girl

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Soledad Cagnoni

Accountant

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Rafael Spregelburd

Police Commisary Serafín

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Héctor Díaz

Salamone

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Federico Buso

Colombo

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Diego Jalfen

Charlie London

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Alberto Ajaka

Island Prisoner

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Andrés Toro

Scotland Yard Officer #1 / Big Ben Ferguson

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Diego Alarcón

César's Father

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Francisco San Sebastián

Young César

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Santiago Mitre

Boy in Square

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Mariana Mitre

Girl in Square

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Federico Ricciardi

Johnnie Short

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Juan Ignacio Duggan

David Smile

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Raúl Ramírez Corrales

Jack the Pakh

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Federico Esquerro

Blind Pew Moran

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Martín Mauregui

French Prisoner

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Juan Schnitman

Andreas

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Diego Jabie

Arab Man

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Pilo Nelli

Oyarzun

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Mariano Dal Verme

Scotland Yard Officer #2

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Fernando Brizuela

Arab Man's Nephew

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Julieta Ulanovsky

Insurance Agent's Wife

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Gabriel Chwojnik

Insurance Agent

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Daniel Hendler

Narrator (voice)

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Juan Minujín

Narrator (voice)

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Verónica Llinás

Narrator (voice)

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Enrique Boess

Mazzuchelli

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Fulvio Cozzani

Raulini

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Aldo Castro

Samoa

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Rodolfo Andreani

Siri

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Vicente Fasano

Sorrento

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Federico Hellemeyer

Bureaucrat #1

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Pilar Fernández Árbol

Bureaucrat #2

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Laura Citarella

Bureaucrat #3

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Diana Criscaut

Insurance Agent's Mother

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M. Josefina de Dobrzynski

Mill Owner's Sister

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Jacinta Grondona

Mill Owner's Wife

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Neldo José Hernández

The Man with Two Suits

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Jorge Ricaldoni

Fava

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Alberto Spezzi

Zavatarelli

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Alberto Refusta

Laurino

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Gustavo Nuñez

Gardelini

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Óscar Mauregui Sr.

Santalo

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Raúl Mujica

Grocer

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Ernesto van Peborgh

Mill Owner / Bureaucrat #4

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Hilda Jaureguiberri

Neighbor Looking out the Window #1

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Raúl Agüero

Neighbor Looking out the Window #2

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Rocío de Prado

Neighbor Looking out the Window #3

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Paulina de Prado

Neighbor Looking out the Window #4

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Matías Arce

Neighbor Looking out the Window #5

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Marina Rodríguez

Neighbor Looking out the Window #6

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Raquel C. Giménez

Neighbor Looking out the Window #7

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Judith Iroz

Neighbor Looking out the Window #8

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M. de los Ángeles Muñoz

Neighbor Looking out the Window #9

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Guillermo Ravizzoli

Neighbor Looking out the Window #10

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Matías Lobos

Neighbor Looking out the Window #11

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Carla Grillo

Neighbor Looking out the Window #12

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Ignacio Masllorens

Hund

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Diego Steverlynk

German Tank Crewman

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Ignacio Labaqui

Cuevas's Photos - Eric

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Santiago Timerman

Cuevas's Photos - Young Cuevas

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Lulu Kirschenbaum

Singer (deleted scenes)

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Alejo Moguillansky

Singer's Husband (deleted scenes)

Writing

Rodrigo Muñoz Gálvez

Rodrigo Ardiles (deleted scenes)

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Ernesto Madanes

Hotel Balcarce Employee (deleted scenes)

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Cacho Nebbia

Newspaper Reader (deleted scenes)

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Luciano Moreno

Prison Guard #1 (deleted scenes)

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Javier Álvarez

Prison Guard #2 (deleted scenes)

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Aníbal Fernández

Prison Guard #3 (deleted scenes)

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