A Shadow You Soon Will Be (Una sombra ya pronto serás) 30 years old

This film follows the exploits of a middle aged man as he wanders through Argentina. It is set in the early '80s following the end of Argentina's long military dictatorship and is based on a 1990 novel by Osvaldo Soriano. Only recently returned from European exile, with no family and friends to welcome him home, "the engineer" travels the lonely southern Pampas of Argentina on the way to a job. He is periodically joined by other strange wanderers such as Nadia, the gun slinging psychic, Lem, a strange travelling millionaire, Barante, the hobo, and Coluccini, a bankrupt circus owner who involves "the engineer" in a rigged card game..

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A Shadow You Soon Will Be Cast

Name Character
Eusebio Poncela He was 46, now 77 years old
Luis Brandoni He was 54, now 84 years old as Barrante
Roberto Carnaghi He was 48, now 79 years old
Alicia Bruzzo She was 48, 61 years old when she died
Miguel Ángel Solá He was 43, now 74 years old as Ingeniero
Pepe Soriano He was 64, now 95 years old as Coluccini (as Pepe Soriano)
Marita Ballesteros She was 43, now 74 years old

A Shadow You Soon Will Be Crew

Name Department
Héctor Olivera as Director. He was 63 (now 93) years old Directing
Héctor Olivera as Writer. He was 63 (now 93) years old Writing
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A Shadow You Soon Will Be (30 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, May 05, 1994
  • Runtime: 105 minutes