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The Appeared (2008) [N/A]

Featuring:
Ruth Díaz, Javier Pereira, Pablo Cedrón

Written by:
Paco Cabezas

Directed by:
Paco Cabezas


Release Date:
December 12, 2008

Original Title:
Aparecidos

Alternate Titles:
De Glemte
The Appeared

Genres:
Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
Jaleo Films
Oberón Cinematográfica
Pensa & Rocca Producciones

Production Countries:
Argentina | Spain | Sweden

Ratings / Certifications:
RO: 18 

Runtime: 104

How Can You Save The Already Dead?

Overview from TheMovieDB

One night Malena and Pablo, a sister and brother traveling together in Argentina, discover a diary that details crimes committed twenty years ago.

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Overview from Open Movies

One night Malena and Pablo, a sister and brother traveling together in Argentina, discover a diary that details crimes committed twenty years ago. That same night, the past and present intertwine; before the siblings' helpless eyes, a family is persecuted, tortured, and murdered step-by-step in the manner described in the diary. The siblings' trip becomes a nightmare, in which they don't know if the people whom they're trying to save are real... or manifestations of something that occurred twenty years ago. Following the trail of 'the disappeared', they discover that, beyond the fiction, the true horror is hidden in the reality: 30 000 people were kidnapped, tortured, and murdered under Argentina's military dictatorship. The people forget, but the pain, as a physical presence, lives on.

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Rankings and Honors

The Appeared (2008) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.0/10
Awards Won: 1 nomination

Performers

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Production

Art Direction:
María Eugenia Sueiro

Director:
Paco Cabezas

Director of Photography:
Andreu Rebés

Editor:
Fernando Franco

Executive Producer:
Tomas Eskilsson
Miguel Ángel Rocca

Makeup Artist:
Juan Espinosa
Diana Titaferantta

Original Music Composer:
Óscar Araujo

Producer:
Álvaro Alonso
Antonio Chavarrías
Juan Gordon
Helena Danielsson
Arancha R. de Buen

Sound:
Guido Berenblum

Writer:
Paco Cabezas

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