A Mysterious World

2011 1h 47m ES

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6.0

MID

★6.0TMDB · 10

Drama

Synopsis

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Boris is stunned when his girlfriend Ana asks for some time apart. He doesn't know why and she can't explain it. Some time can mean so many things. How much time apart? A week, a month, years? During this imprecise period of uncertainty, Boris is left at the mercy of chance. His life transforms into an erratic urban journey: moving into a transient hotel, buying a temperamental communist-era car, meeting up with a long-lost classmate, random encounters with other women and repeatedly trying to get back together with Ana.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Esteban Bigliardi
Boris
Cecilia Rainero
Ana
Germán de Silva
Héctor
Leandro Uria
Levisman
Rosario Bléfari
Ingrid
Oviedo. Hernán
Lucrecia Oviedo
Bárbara Hang

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rodrigo Moreno
Writers: Rodrigo Moreno
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Argentina, Switzerland, Uruguay

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Argentina, Switzerland, Uruguay.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rodrigo Moreno, shot by Gustavo Biazzi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Martín Mainoli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Esteban Bigliardi and Cecilia Rainero and Germán de Silva carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1235855 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rodrigo Moreno directs. Gustavo Biazzi behind the camera. Martín Mainoli cuts. Produced in Argentina, Switzerland, Uruguay. Dialogue in Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 15 years ago.
2International production across 3 countries: Argentina, Switzerland, Uruguay.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Rodrigo Moreno, shot by Gustavo Biazzi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Martín Mainoli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Esteban Bigliardi and Cecilia Rainero and Germán de Silva carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt1235855 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Gustavo Biazzi
Editing: Martín Mainoli
Production design: Gonzalo Delgado
Costume design: Gonzalo Delgado
Runtime: 107 min · 1h 47m
Status: Released
Original language: ES
IMDB: A Mysterious World (2011)

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Community reviews

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CinemaSerf2026-05-23
★ 6/10
I'm afraid that I rather struggled to engage with this. It is all about the escapades of the startled "Boris" (Esteban Bigliardi) who has just been told by his long-term girlfriend "Ana" (Cecilia Rainero) that she wants a break. It's a bolt from the blue, and one that comes with some unwelcome side effects. He has to move out of their apartment and live from his suitcase in a hotel room. She isn't seeing anyone else, nor can she furnish him with any reason for her ennui with their relationship which makes matters even more frustrating for the now rudderless "Boris". Trying to get on with his life as best he can, he buys himself what looks like a dilapidated old Trabant that could barely pull the skin from a custard, and begins to reintegrate himself into a fairly unforgiving society of singletons who are as unimpressed with his personality as I was becoming. A few one-night-stands later and we find ourselves at what is perhaps the more potent junction of this otherwise fairly dreary melodrama as it illustrates just how difficult it can be to rejoin groups of friends when the wheel has come off an established partnership, but I found neither of them to be remotely interesting as people nor is there anything like enough substance to their story to improve that as we drift towards a conclusion that is hardly a surprise. There are too many pregnant pauses throughout and though the car does provide a few seconds of levity, this was an altogether too naval-gazingly uninteresting film for me, sorry.

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