| Of Love and Shadows | |
| Director: | Betty Kaplan |
| Producer: | Richard Goodwin Betty Kaplan Paul Mayersohn |
| Screenplay: | Donald Freed |
| Music: | José Nieto |
| Cinematography: | Félix Monti |
| Editing: | Bill Butler Kathryn Himoff |
| Language: | English |
| Studio: | Aleph Producciones Argentina Española Miramax Films Pandora Cinema |
| Distributor: | Miramax Films |
| Gross: | $19,710 |
Of Love and Shadows, also known as De amor y de sombra, is a 1994 Chilean-Argentine-American drama film written and directed by Betty Kaplan and starring Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli and Patricio Contreras. It is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Isabel Allende.[1] [2]
Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.
The film had almost 300,000 admissions in Argentina during 1995.[3]