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<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong> Fashion Week<br />
abroad. Exhibits run from hi-tech<br />
machinery to GM foods, livestock,<br />
and organic produce. The<br />
gaucho shows feature amazing<br />
feats of horsemanship. d Late Jul<br />
• www.ruralarg.org.ar<br />
* Festival <strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong><br />
Tango<br />
The city’s (and the world’s)<br />
biggest tango extravaganza, this<br />
eight-day marathon sees free<br />
shows, concerts, classes, and<br />
tango fairs take place across the<br />
city, before the festival closes<br />
with a huge open-air milonga.<br />
d Mid-Aug • www.festivaldetango.gov.ar<br />
( Marcha del Orgullo Gay<br />
<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>’ gay parade is<br />
a march for greater rights and a<br />
celebration of sexual diversity.<br />
The city’s gay, lesbian, and transgender<br />
communities ride a<br />
caravan of glitzy floats in a<br />
glorious riot of pink, glitter, and<br />
naked flesh to thumping disco<br />
and dance beats. d First Sat of Nov<br />
• www.marchadelorgullo.org.ar<br />
) Creamfields<br />
For dance-music fans, this<br />
open-air festival brings together<br />
more than <strong>10</strong>0 artists and 60,000<br />
revelers. Sets feature local DJs<br />
with international stars. Paul<br />
Oakenfold, Groove Armada, and<br />
the Prodigy have all played here.<br />
d Nov • www.creamfieldsba.com<br />
<strong>Top</strong> <strong>10</strong> Contemporary<br />
Argentinian Movies<br />
! La Historia Oficial<br />
(1985)<br />
Oscar-winning movie about<br />
the fate of the “disappeared”<br />
during the 1976–83 military<br />
dictatorship (see p33).<br />
El Viento se Llevó lo<br />
@ Que (1998)<br />
Comedy in which a village’s<br />
only experience of the outside<br />
is via badly edited movies.<br />
£ Nueve Reinas (2000)<br />
Tale of two grifters looking<br />
for their big break in crisiswracked<br />
<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>.<br />
$ El Hijo de la Novia<br />
(2001)<br />
A son whose world is falling<br />
apart finds salvation, to his<br />
surprise, in his father’s love<br />
for his ailing mother.<br />
% Los Guantes Mágicos<br />
(2003)<br />
Comedy-drama about a taxi<br />
driver confronting loss,<br />
loneliness, and crisis.<br />
Cama Adentro (2004)<br />
^ Drama about an aristocrat’s<br />
dependency on her<br />
maid during the 2001 crisis.<br />
El Abrazo Partido<br />
& (2004)<br />
Set post-2001, the tale of a<br />
young Jewish porteño<br />
searching for his identity.<br />
* La Niña Santa (2004)<br />
Story of a 16-year-old choir<br />
girl’s growing sexual awareness<br />
and the guilt it provokes.<br />
( Derecho de Familia<br />
(2005)<br />
Funny tale of a neurotic new<br />
dad who reassesses his<br />
relationship with his father.<br />
) Bombón el Perro<br />
(2005)<br />
Charming road-movie about<br />
an unemployed mechanic and<br />
his pit-bull terrier.<br />
Spanish speakers should visit the website www.cinenacional.com<br />
for Argentinian movie reviews and listings.<br />
<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>’ <strong>Top</strong> <strong>10</strong> 43
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