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Prisioneros de una noche

1962 · 78 min Drama
7.2 / 10 · TMDB

A man and a woman collide in the labyrinth of a sleeping Buenos Aires. Streetlamps cast long shadows as they wander, two strangers weaving a shared fiction from midnight until dawn. Bars, dimly lit corridors, and deserted plazas become the stages for a confession spun in real time. Their connection, immediate and electric, feels like a secret the city keeps from itself. With each passing hour, they exchange fragments of their lives, building a fragile, temporary universe where only the present exists. The impending sunrise looms as both a threat and a promise, pressing urgency into every glance and whispered word.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1962
Country Argentina
Genre Drama
Director David José Kohon
Runtime 78 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.2/10 (8 votes)

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This is a film crafted from mood and moment, where dialogue feels less like script and more like captured breath. The black-and-white cinematography turns Buenos Aires into an abstract playground of light and longing, a perfect mirror for the characters' transient intimacy.

What lingers after the final frame is the quiet ache of a beautiful, impossible possibility—the sense of a life fully lived in a single night's parenthesis. It's a masterclass in romantic atmosphere over plot. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: David José Kohon

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