What the Manolo Is…
Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…
One of the more surprising and pleasurable thing about living in Argentina is the incredible number movies that are shown on the television here in Buenos Aires, dozens each night spread over several different cable channels. Most of these films are the usual Hollywood movies, both recent and classic, shown most often in the original English with the subtitles (although movies dubbed into Argentine Spanish are common enough).
However, also spread among the products of Hollywood are the goodly number of French, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Italian films, and occasionally, you will see things that are totally unexpected, such as movies from Usbekistan or Hungary (when was the last time you thought of the words “Hungary” and “movies” without also thinking “Gabor”?) shown in their original langues with the Spanish subtitles.
In all, it is most amusing.
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Litchee 15 years ago
Oh! Which French movies did you watch, Manolo?
I would indeed be thrilled to hear your thoughts about our national production :)
olga9999 15 years ago
I didn’t know you lived in Argentina, or are you there on holidays? which by the way, would be a terrific idea now that the weather in the Northern Hemisphere is awful and we’re getting closer to winter. You would be enjoying the wonderful Spring weather with the hope of a nice Summer not to far away.
And yes as far as I know the selection of television and movies in Argentina is very good and there is little difference with the ones you can see in America, so it’s very cheeky of you not only to enjoy the good weather but also the good tv and movies.
I hope you are having a great time there whether you are on holidays or living there.