Question: Do both El Juego De Arcibel and The Slender Thread films have the directors from the same country?

Born in Buenos Aires, Lecchi started working in Argentine cinema in 1979, as a second assistant director to Hugo Sofovich in the three films he directed that year. Lecchi went on to work in the 80s and early 90s along acclaimed directors, working eight times with Fernando Ayala and four times with Adolfo Aristarain. His directorial debut was in 1984 with" El Sueño de Cecilia", a six- minute short, but came to prominence when he directed Ricardo Darín and Enrique Pinti in the thriller" Perdido por perdido" in 1993, his first feature- length movie, and his second turn as director, after which he gave up his career as assistant director. Alberto Lecchi( born 1954) is an Argentine film, screenwriter and film producer. Lecchi established himself as a prolific film director in the 90s, directing" El Dedo en la Llaga"( 1996), the critically acclaimed" Secretos compartidos"( 1998) and" Operación Fangio"( 1998), and working with Argentine A- list actors Darío Grandinetti, Víctor Laplace, and Pinti. In 2000, Lecchi directed the romantic comedy" Apariencias", starring Adrián Suar and Andrea del Boca, as well as" Nueces para el amor", which starred Gastón Pauls, Ariadna Gil and Rodrigo de la Serna. A year later he directed" Déjala correr", starring Nicolás Cabré, Pablo Rago and Julieta Díaz. 2003 marked Lecchi's third collaboration with Grandinetti, in" El Juego del Arcibel". In 2004, Lecchi directed one of the shorts presented in the anthology" 18- j", a collection of 10 shorts directed by 10 highly acclaimed Argentine directors homaging the tenth anniversary of the 1994 AMIA bombing. On the same year, he created the TV series" Epitafios" along fellow director Jorge Nisco, a 13- episode mini-series starring Julio Chávez, Paola Krum and Cecilia Roth. It was the first original series produced by HBO and HBO Latin America. He also directed an episode of the series" Mujeres asesinas" in 2006. Lecchi has recently directed his ninth feature film," Una Estrella y dos cafés", which premiered 2006 and reunited the protagonists of" Nueces para el amor", Pauls and Gil. <SEP> El juego de Arcibel( English: Arcibel's Game), is a 2003 Argentine drama film co-written and directed by Alberto Lecchi and starring Darío Grandinetti and Diego Torres, among others. <SEP> The Slender Thread is a 1965 American drama film starring Anne Bancroft and Sidney Poitier. Poitier portrays Alan, a college student who is volunteering at Seattle's then- new Crisis Clinic, a suicide prevention hotline. Shortly after beginning his solo duty on the night shift, Alan receives a call from a woman named Inga( Bancroft) who says she has just taken a lethal dose of pills and wants to talk to someone before she dies. The story line follows the efforts of Alan, a psychiatrist( Telly Savalas) and a detective( Ed Asner) to locate Inga and her husband Mark( Steven Hill), who is on a local fishing vessel. Various flashback scenes depict the events that led Inga to make the attempt on her life. The film was inspired by a" Life" magazine article by Shana Alexander about actual events. The film is set in Seattle, and includes scenes shot on location, as well as an opening tracking aerial shot of Seattle circa 1965. This movie is noted for the physical tracing of the call to find Inga( Bancroft) before she dies. It was the first feature- length film directed by future Oscar- winning director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack. Throughout the movie, the call is traced by hand through several electro-mechanical telephone central office switches which leads to the hotel where Inga was staying( at the Hyatt House, since demolished) near the Seattle – Tacoma International Airport. <SEP> Paul Emory Newlan( June 29, 1903 – November 23, 1973) was an American film and TV character actor from Plattsmouth, Nebraska. He was best known for his role as Captain Grey on the NBC police series" M Squad" and for his roles in films including" The Americanization of Emily" and" The Slender Thread". <SEP> Todo es mentira(" Everything's a Lie") is a 1994 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero and starring Penélope Cruz, Coque Malla and Jordi Mollà. It is the first in a series of two films, with" El Juego de la VerdadTruth or Dare") being the last film. Both movies explore the complexities of relationships which include compromise and the unvarnished truth. <SEP> Pollack directed more than 20 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 movies or shows and produced over 44 films. His 1985 film" Out of Africa" won him Academy Awards for directing and producing. He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for" They Shoot Horses, Do n't They?"( 1969) and" Tootsie"( 1982) in which he also appeared. Some of his other best known works include" Jeremiah Johnson"( 1972)," The Way We Were"( 1973)," Three Days of the Condor"( 1975) and" Absence of Malice"( 1981). His subsequent films included" Havana"( 1990)," The Firm"( 1993)," The Interpreter"( 2005), and he produced and acted in" Michael Clayton"( 2007). Sydney Irwin Pollack( July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. Pollack is probably best known to television viewers for his recurring role playing Will Truman's father on the NBC sitcom" Will& Grace"( 2000 – 2006).