Udume eArgentina ngendima yakhe engenakubalwa kwi-cinema kunye neeklasiki zakhe ihenyukazi, UFederico Luppi Uhleli eSpain iminyaka eliqela kwaye akakayeki ukufota. Ngoku, kwi-co-production yase-Argentina-Spanish ukuba Ngqo UJuan Carlos Desanzo, uya kuzibeka ezicathulweni zika-Antonio Funes-imeko yokwenyani-kunye namava akhe kwingxaki yase-Argentina ngoDisemba 2001.
UFunes wayengumqhubi wangaphambili owathi ngeentsuku ze playpen wakhuthuza ibhanki awayegcina kuyo imali yakhe ngesiqhushumbisi sasekhaya. UGastón Pauls ('Iindlovukazi ezilithoba') naye uthatha inxaxheba kubadlali. UDesanzo, umlawuli we 'El Polaquito', phakathi kwabanye, uzimisele ukwenza ifilimu kwiskripthi esibhalwe nguJulio Bove kunye noFabiana Medici.
ULuppi iminyaka emininzi wayengumdlali obalaseleyo we-cinema yaseArgentina. Uninzi lweefilimu ezikhunjulwayo ('Tiempo de Revancha', 'Plata Dulce', 'La Patagonia Rebelde', 'Martín H') baye baba naye njengomlinganiswa ophambili. Emva koko, ngeengxaki zezoqoqosho, wagqiba ekubeni ahlale eSpain kwaye kwakukho kwelo lizwe ukuba wenza i-start yakhe njengomlawuli, kunye nefilimu ethi 'Pasos'.