Of Love and Shadows
Of Love and Shadows, also known as De amor y de sombra, is a 1994 Chilean-Argentine-American drama film written and directed by Betty Kaplan and starring Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli and Patricio Contreras. It is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Isabel Allende.
Plot
Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.Cast
- Antonio Banderas as Francisco
- Jennifer Connelly as Irene
- Stefania Sandrelli as Beatriz
- Diego Wallraff as José
- Camilo Gallardo as Gustavo
- Patricio Contreras as Mario
- Jorge Rivera López as Prof. Leal
- Jacques Arndt as The General