# Garage Olimpo (1999)

> A young Buenos Aires teacher is swallowed by Argentina's dictatorship, while her mother searches through a city built to conceal the disappeared.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/26275

## Facts

- Runtime: 98 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Marco Bechis
- Cast: Antonella Costa, Carlos Echevarría, Enrique Piñeyro, Pablo Razuk, Dominique Sanda, Chiara Caselli, Paola Bechis, Adrián Fondari
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201631/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: harrowing, oppressive, intimate, historical cinema viewing, political film discussion

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