El perro Filming Locations
Where was El perro filmed? El perro was filmed in 7 locations across Argentina in the following places:
El perro Filming Locations
Patagonia is a region encompassing the vast southernmost tip of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile, with the Andes Mountains as its dividing line. The Argentine side features arid steppes, grasslands and deserts, while the Chilean has glacial fjords and temperate rainforest. Argentina’s famed RN-40 highway passes the pinnacles of Monte Fitz Roy and Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park.
Río Gallegos is an Argentinean city on the Gallegos River in southern Patagonia. By the central San Martín Square is the small Cathedral of Our Lady of Luján, built from wood and with a pink facade. The Eduardo Minnicelli Art Museum shows the work of local and regional artists. Nearby, Father Jesús Molina Regional Museum exhibits fossils, dinosaur replicas and items relating to the indigenous Tehuelche people.
Bahía Blanca is a port city in the southwest of Argentina’s Buenos Aires province. Grand 19th- and early-20th-century buildings like the Palacio Municipal line its central square, Plaza Rivadavia. Museum highlights include the Museo y Archivo Histórico and the Museo del Puerto de Ingeniero White, both documenting the lives of immigrants. The city is known as a gateway to Patagonia, farther south.
Caleta Olivia is a city located at the northeast of the Argentine province of Santa Cruz, on the San Jorge Gulf by the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population of 70,304 in the 2010 census [INDEC]. It is the second most important city of the province after Rio Gallegos, and the most populated of the Deseado Department.
Gaiman is a riverside town in northeast Patagonia, Argentina. The Regional Historical Museum, housed in the old railway station, documents the lives of the Welsh settlers who colonized the area in the 19th century. There are several Welsh Protestant churches, including Bethel Chapel. The town is dotted with traditional teahouses serving pastries and torta negra, a local twist on traditional Welsh fruitcake.
Trelew is an Argentinean city in northeastern Patagonia. Welsh immigrants who arrived in the 1880s left their legacy in buildings like the simple, red-brick Moriah Chapel. In the former railway station, the Pueblo de Luis Museum has artifacts from Welsh settlers and local indigenous people. The Egidio Feruglio Paleontological Museum features exhibits on Patagonian dinosaurs. Nearby, Gaiman town has Welsh teahouses.
Tres Cerros is a village and municipality in Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina with a population of 28.
El perro (2004)
In Patagonia, a mechanic who dreams of a different life starts to think big after his adopted pup wins first prize at a local dog show.