Antigua, My Life is a 2001

2001 in film

The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

 Argentine

Cinema of Argentina

The cinema of Argentina has a tradition dating back to the late nineteenth century, and continues to play a role in the culture of Argentina....

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Héctor Olivera

Héctor Olivera

Héctor Olivera is a film director, producer and screenwriter.He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has contributed to numerous films in the United States.-Biography:...

 and written by Ángeles González Sinde

Ángeles González Sinde

Ángeles González-Sinde Reig is a Spanish scriptwriter, film director and the current Culture Minister of Spain.González-Sinde studied Classics at the Complutense University of Madrid and did a Masters in Cinema Scriptwriting at the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles.She was president of AACCE Ángeles...

, from the novel by Marcela Serrano

Marcela Serrano

Marcela Serrano is an award-winning Chilean novelist. In 1994, her first novel won the Literary Prize in Santiago, and her second book won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for women writers in Spanish...

. Starring Ana Belén

Ana Belén

Ana Belén is the artistic name of María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta, a Spanish actress and singer. She was born on 27 May 1951 in Madrid.- Biography :...

 and Cecilia Roth

Cecilia Roth

Cecilia Roth is an Argentine actress.Her father, Abrasha Rotenberg , a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Ukraine, is an editor and a journalist. He met Cecilia's mother, an Argentinian singer of Sephardic descent Dina Rot, in Argentina. Cecilia Roth has made appearances in numerous television series...

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Plot

Two upper middle class

Upper middle class

The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the social group constituted by higher-status members of the middle class. This is in contrast to the term "lower middle class", which is used for the group at the opposite end of the middle class stratum, and to the broader term "middle...

 women from Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

 are trapped in relationships that aren't working well. One is in an abusive relationship

Domestic violence

Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...

, the other is selfish towards her family. The catalyst for change is the murder of the abusive husband by his wife, Cecilia Roth

Cecilia Roth

Cecilia Roth is an Argentine actress.Her father, Abrasha Rotenberg , a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Ukraine, is an editor and a journalist. He met Cecilia's mother, an Argentinian singer of Sephardic descent Dina Rot, in Argentina. Cecilia Roth has made appearances in numerous television series...

's character. Her best friend tries to help her through this process, and by doing so has to tackle her own problems.

Many scenes of the film were shot in Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

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Cast

• Ana Belén
  Ana Belén
  Ana Belén is the artistic name of María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta, a Spanish actress and singer. She was born on 27 May 1951 in Madrid.- Biography :...
  
   .... Josefa Ferrer
• Cecilia Roth
  Cecilia Roth
  Cecilia Roth is an Argentine actress.Her father, Abrasha Rotenberg , a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Ukraine, is an editor and a journalist. He met Cecilia's mother, an Argentinian singer of Sephardic descent Dina Rot, in Argentina. Cecilia Roth has made appearances in numerous television series...
  
   .... Violeta Dasinski
• Daniel Valenzuela
  Daniel Valenzuela
  Daniel Valenzuela , is a prolific film and television actor. He has also done some screenplay writing. He works in the cinema of Argentina....
  
   .... Sargento
• Jorge Marrale
  Jorge Marrale
  Jorge Marrale is a well-known Argentine actor.-Life and work:Marrale was born in Buenos Aires' industrial Barracas section to a Spanish mother and an Italian father , in 1947...
  
   .... Andrés
• Diana Lamas .... Pamela
• Guido D'Albo .... Locutor TV
• Juan Leyrado .... Eduardo
• Nicolás Agüero .... Borja
• Josefina Gracián .... Celeste
• Sawa Tramer .... Zulema
• Alfredo Casero .... Alejandro
• Christian Inglizze .... Artesano (as Christian Inglize)
• Odiseo Bichir .... Emilio Palma
• Cristi Cobar .... Doña Rogeria
• Dario Tangelson .... Maza
• Iván Moschner .... Maître

Release and acclaim

The film premiered in 3 May 2001. Actress Cecilia Roth

Cecilia Roth

Cecilia Roth is an Argentine actress.Her father, Abrasha Rotenberg , a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Ukraine, is an editor and a journalist. He met Cecilia's mother, an Argentinian singer of Sephardic descent Dina Rot, in Argentina. Cecilia Roth has made appearances in numerous television series...

won a silver condor award for Best Actress in 2002.