Camila (film)

Camila is a 1984 Argentine drama film directed by Mara Luisa Bemberg, based on the story of the 19thcentury Argentine socialite Camila OGorman. The story had previously been adapted in 1910 by Mario Gallo, in the now considered lost film Camila OGorman. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, marking the second time an Argentine film was nominated for this award.

Argentina, c. 1827. Ana Perichon de OGorman is brought from imprisonment in a Brazilian convent to house arrest in the hacienda of her estranged son, Adolfo OGorman. Adolfo, who despises his mother for having had an adulterous affair decades earlier, treats her with unveiled contempt. Upon meeting her granddaughter, Camila OGorman, Ana asks whether she enjoys love stories. Camila responds that she doesnt know any.In 1847, a 23yearold Camila Sus Pecoraro, has become a pole of Buenos Aires society. She is courted by Ignacio, a wealthy society man with whom she is not in love with. When her fellow socialites advise her to not let Ignacio get away, Camila bursts into tears as she describes her longing for a husband she could feel proud of. In the eras social climate, many see marriage as more of a business arrangement than a symbol of love, so her socialite friends have a hard time understanding what Camila wants. Secretly, Camila has been raised on her grandmothers stories about her affair with former Colonial Viceroy Santiago de Liniers and their surviving love letters. Just as secretly, Camila reads French romance novels and books by political refugees like Esteban Echeverra. ........

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