Period Film Series 2023

Join the Embassy of Argentina in the Period Film Series of 2023, with the screening of "The Irish Prisoner", a 2015 production that talks about love, loss and freedom.

In 1806 the English invasion of Buenos Aires failed and the prisoners were taken to different parts of the country. Conor, an Irish soldier recruited by the English army, falls in love with Luisa, a young widow who refuses to leave her land and resists in solitude the onslaught of war. A love story full of complications in a country struggling to achieve its independence. According to the screenwriter, the main theme of the film is to show the role of women in such a war.

The film

Directors: Carlos María Jaureguialzo & Marcela Silva y Nasute

Scriptwriter: Marcela Silva y Nasute

Cast: Alexia Moyano, Tom Harris, Manuel Vicente, Alberto Benegas, Juan Grandinetti, Kevin Schiele

Runtime: 103 min.

Genre: Drama

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