Four Argentine movies, three US films and a German/Italian production: the number of releases goes back to normal – but so does their average quality...

Papá por un día. Federico (Nicolás Cabré) must take care of a little sister he has never met, right on the eve of his wedding. This puts him in contact with another woman who will have a deep impact on him and suddenly jeopardize all of his future plans. (Argentina, 2009, in Spanish) Directed by: Raúl Rodríguez Peila – Screenplay: Jorge Maestro adapted by Fernanda Ramondo and Raúl Rodríguez Peila – Featuring: Nicolás Cabré, Luisiana Lopilato, Miguel Angel Rodríguez, Gustavo Garzón, Nicolás Vázquez, Carlos Kaspar – G – Running time: 103 minutes.

Algún lugar en ninguna parte. Before travelling to the provinces on business, a man (Fernando Cia) goes to see a doctor friend (Daniel Dibiase), a visit which triggers his fear of death and the memories of his loved ones. (Argentina, 2009, in Spanish) Written and directed by: Víctor Dínenzon – Featuring: Fernando Cia, Selva Alemán, Daniel Dibiase, Adela Gleijer, Nicolás Scarpino, Nazareno Casero – PG13 – Running time: 85 minutes.

Imagen final. Santiago de Chile, June 1973. Months before Augusto Pinochet’s bloody coup against the government of Salvador Allende, Argentine camera operator Leonardo Henrichsen recorded live footage of the military henchmen who would depose and murder him. These tapes are used to retell the sequence of events leading to September 11 1973. (Argentina/ Chile/ Denmark/ Sweden, 2008, in Spanish and Swedish) Directed by: Andrés Habegger – Documentary – Interviews: Leonardo Henrichsen (footage), Ernesto Carmona, Carlos Coccio, Leticia Henrichsen, Eduardo Labarca, Jan Sandquist – G – Running time: 94 minutes.

La asamblea. A documentary portraying the unique challenges faced by the Frente de Artistas del Borda, an artists’ collective formed by inpatients of psychiatric hospital J. T. Borda. The outdated mental health model under which the institution is run strips them of their rights, a fact which shapes their creative process. (Argentina, 2008, in Spanish) Written and directed by: Galel Maidana – Documentary – DVD – Running time: 70 minutes. Premières at the Malba (Av. Figueroa Alcorta 3415) tomorrow at 8pm. Screenings on Fridays at 8pm and Saturdays at 5pm.

Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia (Demasiado amor). Director Lina Wertmüller switches the social and political overtones of Pasqualino Settebellezze and Amor y anarquía for a comedy on the conflicts and imbroglios of a well-to-do family who inhabits a large house overlooking the Gulf of Naples. (Germany/ Italy/ Spain, 2004, original dialogue in English, dubbed into Italian with Spanish subtitles) Directed by: Lina Wertmüller – Written by: Umberto Marino, Elvio Porta and Lina Wertmüller – Featuring: Sophia Loren, F. Murray Abraham, Silvia Abascal, Emiliano Coltorti, Moira Grassi, Angela Pagano – PG13 – Running time: 98 minutes.

Defiance (Desafío). Daniel Craig, the reigning 007, is one of four Jewish brothers in Central Europe during WWII. They join the Soviet resistance, but they must avoid being reported to the Nazis by the people in Poland. (US, 2008, in English, German and Russian) Directed by: Edward Zwick – Screenplay: Clayton Frohman and Edward Zwick on Nechama Tec’s book Defiance: the Bielski Partisans – Featuring: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, George MacKay, Allan Corduner – PG13 – Running time: 135 minutes.

My Sister’s Keeper (La decisión más difícil). A 13-year-old girl wants to emancipate herself legally from her parents: she was conceived in order to save her sister from leukemia, and ever since she was a little girl was subjected to all kinds of treatments and experiments which relegated her wellbeing. Cameron Diaz’ debut as a dramatic actress. (US, 2009, in English) Directed by: Nick Cassavetes – Screenplay: Jeremy Leven and Nick Cassavetes on the novel by Jodi Picoult – Featuring: Cameron Diaz, Jason Patric, Alec Baldwin, Abigail Breslin, Walter Raney, Sofia Vassilieva – PG13 – Running time: 108 minutes.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (G.I. Joe. El origen de Cobra). The world is in danger yet again, and the burden of global salvation lies on the soulders of TV classic action figure crew. With special effects aplenty and a star-studded cast used to classier fare. (US, 2009, in English) Directed by: Stephen Sommers – Screenplay: Stuart Beattie, David Elliot and Paul Lovett on an idea by Michael B. Gordon, Stuart Beattie and Stephen Sommers – Featuring Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Sienna Miller, Kevin J. O’Connor, Jonathan Pryce, Dennis Quaid – PG13 – Running time: 117 minutes.