Aída Bortnik

Nascimento : 1938-01-07, Buenos Aires - Argentina

Morte : 2013-04-27

História

Aída Bortnik was born on January 7, 1938 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was a writer, known for The Official Story (1985), Ashes of Paradise (1997) and Wild Horses (1995). She died on April 27, 2013 in Buenos Aires. One screenplay she wrote was the first Argentine film to be 'nominated' for an Academy Award (The Truce, 1974). Another was the first Argentine film to 'win' an Academy Award (La historia official, 1985).

Filmes

O Segredo dos seus Olhos
Thanks
Benjamín Espósito trabalhou a vida toda em um Tribunal de Justiça e agora aposentado tem a chance de escrever sobre a investigação de um assassinato que acabou mudando sua vida anos atrás.
Soriano
Cinzas do Paraíso
Writer
O respeitado juiz Costa Makantasis morre ao cair do topo do Palácio de Justiça de Buenos Aires. No mesmo dia, seus três filhos, Alejandro, Nicolás e Pablo declaram-se, separadamente, culpados pelo assassinato de Ana Muro, filha de um grande empresário. Cabe agora à juíza Beatriz Teller resolver esse sombrio quebra-cabeças, que envolve dinheiro, sexo e uma grande disputa pelo poder.
Wild Horses
Writer
Still Breathing and theft in a financial, Joseph (Hector Alterio), an old anarchist, and a young employee, Pedro (Leonardo Sbaraglia) live for four days violent and compassionate alternatives in their desperate flight from the Patagonia Argentina. Along the way they encounter Ana (Cecilia Dopazo), a teenager who accompanies them on the trip.
Música Feroz
Writer
Tango, um dos primeiros astros do rock argentino, leva uma vida repleta de glória e conflitos pessoais durante um período crítico da história do seu país.
País cerrado, teatro abierto
Self
The history of the Teatro Abierto, which was initiated on July 28, 1981 as a cultural reaction against the last Argentine civic-military dictatorship, and organized by a group of artists and workers from the theater world
Old Gringo
Screenplay
When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a famous writer, who knowing that he is dying, wishes to keep his identity secret so he can determine his own fate. Though he likes Arroyo, Bierce tries to provoke the General's anger whenever possible in an attempt to get himself killed, thus avoiding suffering through his illness. Winslow is intrigued by both Bierce and Arroyo, and the men are in turn attracted to her. She becomes romantically involved with Arroyo. When Winslow learns of Bierce's true identity (a writer whose work she has loved and respected for years), she is singlemindedly determined to fulfill his dying wish. Written by E.W. DesMarais
Poor Butterfly
Writer
A turbulent era in Argentine politics is highlighted in this well-wrought drama, set in Buenos Aires at the end of 1945, about Clara (Graciela Borges), a young, half-Jewish woman awakening to the reasons behind the political conflicts of her time and place. Clara's father was a Communist who fought the Nazis in Argentina and possessed a list of the top Nazi exiles and their contacts. Through a former lover, Clara -- a successful broadcast journalist -- begins to see her Jewish roots (and the leftists) in a whole new light. Meanwhile, the political storms sweeping through Argentina are setting the stage for the Peronist government to come.
A História Oficial
Screenplay
Buenos Aires, década de 1980. Alicia é uma conservadora professora de história casada com Roberto e mãe adotiva da pequena Gaby. Completamente alheia à realidade argentina, Alicia começa a se dar conta dos acontecimentos recentes quando reencontra Ana, uma velha amiga que acaba de voltar do exílio. Sedenta por respostas, ela decide buscar pistas sobre a misteriosa origem de sua filha.
To Return
Writer
An Argentine-executive of a multinational-returns to the country to close a factory. There he meets with his exgirlfriend and his best friend before the exile. The film presents an interpretation of the political and social situation in Argentina during the last years of the military government.
The Island
Writer
A young man enters an institute for the mentally ill and falls in love with a patient from whom he will distance himself after her rehabilitation.
Crecer de golpe
Writer
It tells the complex relationship of Milo, a teenager, and his old protector. Adaptation of "Around the cage", work of the writer Haroldo Conti, disappeared in 1976 by Argentine dictatorship.
A Woman...
Screenplay
After seven years in jail, a woman is released and has to re-enter society.
The Truce
Writer
A man has to come to terms with his wasted youth, estranged family and grim prospects for the future.