Beyond Oblivion - MĂĄs allĂĄ del olvido
Two years before Vertigo, this fascinating, archly Gothic Argentine drama mined near-identical themes of erotic obsession and necrophilic desire via the story of a wealthy man (director Hugo del Carril) who, shattered by the death of his wife (Laura Hidalgo), retreats to Paris where he meets her exact look-alike in the form of a prostitute (Hidalgo, again) and proceeds to make her over in the dead womanâs image. Based on the classic Symbolist novel Bruges-la-Morte by Georges Rodenbach and directed by tango-singer-turned-actor-turned-filmmaker del Carril in heaving, Sturm und Drang style, Beyond Oblivion has been heralded as nothing less than âthe greatest Argentine filmâ by the countryâs legendary critic Ăngel Faretta. 35mm print courtesy of Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (Argentina).