Exclusive: Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has sold a series of its EFM titles, including Spanish horror pic The Boogeyman: The Origin of the Myth (El Hombre Del Saco) and a new 4K remastered version of the cult Argentinian thriller Nine Queens, to multiple international territories.
The Boogeyman: The Origin of the Myth has been sold to Rusia/Cis (Nashe Kino) for theatrical, Cambodia and Laos (Westec), and German-speaking Europe (Busch Medien). Previous deals on the pic include Mantícora, which picked up all rights for Latin America, the U.S., and Canada. Amazon’s Prime Video has acquired Spanish SVOD rights, and Antena 3 grabbed free Tvv rights.
The company has also sold the Spanish-Argentine supernatural horror drama, Restless Waters, Shivering Lights from director Ángeles Hernández, starring Hugo Silva, to Spain (Alfa) for theatrical and Kinologistica (Russia/Cis). Finally, FilmSharks has locked a deal for a theatrical release in France via Eurozoom...
The Boogeyman: The Origin of the Myth has been sold to Rusia/Cis (Nashe Kino) for theatrical, Cambodia and Laos (Westec), and German-speaking Europe (Busch Medien). Previous deals on the pic include Mantícora, which picked up all rights for Latin America, the U.S., and Canada. Amazon’s Prime Video has acquired Spanish SVOD rights, and Antena 3 grabbed free Tvv rights.
The company has also sold the Spanish-Argentine supernatural horror drama, Restless Waters, Shivering Lights from director Ángeles Hernández, starring Hugo Silva, to Spain (Alfa) for theatrical and Kinologistica (Russia/Cis). Finally, FilmSharks has locked a deal for a theatrical release in France via Eurozoom...
- 2/20/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: People’s Cup, a documentary feature about Argentina’s 2022 World Cup win led by Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi, is being repped for international sales at the European Film Market by Filmsharks.
The film was produced by Pablo Bossi, best known for titles such as Nine Queens and Son Of The Bride. The film has already opened in Argentina via Disney’s Star distribution and has cleared the 1.2m ticket mark, currently making it the number-one local-language title this year in Argentinan cinemas.
The doc is narrated by Guillermo Francella. The full plot reads: World Cup FIFA Qatar 2022: Argentina’s Championship coronation in a unique portrait of the biggest celebration in the history of sports through the eyes of fans across the Globe.
“No matter where you’re from, this theatrical documentary will make you laugh and cry, watching Messi’s coronation,...
The film was produced by Pablo Bossi, best known for titles such as Nine Queens and Son Of The Bride. The film has already opened in Argentina via Disney’s Star distribution and has cleared the 1.2m ticket mark, currently making it the number-one local-language title this year in Argentinan cinemas.
The doc is narrated by Guillermo Francella. The full plot reads: World Cup FIFA Qatar 2022: Argentina’s Championship coronation in a unique portrait of the biggest celebration in the history of sports through the eyes of fans across the Globe.
“No matter where you’re from, this theatrical documentary will make you laugh and cry, watching Messi’s coronation,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Walt Disney Co.’s Star Distribution has taken Latin American distribution rights to Argentine writer-director Pablo Solarz’s coming-of-age film “Desperté con un sueño” (“I Woke Up with a Dream”)
An Argentina-Uruguay co-production, teaming Buenos Aires-based Pampa Films and Aramos Cine with Montevideo’s Mutante Cine and Bocacha Films, “I Woke Up with a Dream” screened March 14 at the Málaga Film Festival’s main competition.
Top Argentine producer Pablo Bossi’s Madrid-based company Gloriamundi is handling “I Woke Up with a Dream” rights outside Latin America.
Pablo Solarz is a hugely popular mid-brow comedy scribe turned director of wider ranging fare with titles such as “El último traje,” which snagged the audience award at the 2018 Miami Film Festival.
“I Wake Up with a Dream,” his third feature, premiered at February’s Berlin Film Festival edition as part of youth-focused sidebar, Generation 14plus.
The film is a personal tale of...
An Argentina-Uruguay co-production, teaming Buenos Aires-based Pampa Films and Aramos Cine with Montevideo’s Mutante Cine and Bocacha Films, “I Woke Up with a Dream” screened March 14 at the Málaga Film Festival’s main competition.
Top Argentine producer Pablo Bossi’s Madrid-based company Gloriamundi is handling “I Woke Up with a Dream” rights outside Latin America.
Pablo Solarz is a hugely popular mid-brow comedy scribe turned director of wider ranging fare with titles such as “El último traje,” which snagged the audience award at the 2018 Miami Film Festival.
“I Wake Up with a Dream,” his third feature, premiered at February’s Berlin Film Festival edition as part of youth-focused sidebar, Generation 14plus.
The film is a personal tale of...
- 3/15/2023
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Film Factory Entertainment has picked up international sales rights to Victor Erice’s highly anticipated “Cerrar los ojos,” which marks the fourth feature by the legendary Spanish filmmaker, writer-director of “The Spirit of the Beehive,” reuniting him with Ana Torrent, the wide-eyed very young star of that milestone film.
Now wrapping its shoot in Granada, Almería and Asturias before moving to Madrid, “Cerrar los Ojos” is set for 2023 Spanish theatrical release by “Alcarràs” distributor Avalon.
Erice’s fourth feature, following on 30 years after Cannes Festival Jury Prize winner “El sol del membrillo” (“Dream of Light”), “Cerrar los ojos” is written by Erice and Michel Gaztambide, a Spanish Academy best screenplay Goya Award winner for “No Rest for the Wicked.” The story of a disappearance, the film revolves “around issues such as identity and memory,” its producers announced Monday.
Producer Cristina Zumárraga lead produces the production through Tandem Films, the company...
Now wrapping its shoot in Granada, Almería and Asturias before moving to Madrid, “Cerrar los Ojos” is set for 2023 Spanish theatrical release by “Alcarràs” distributor Avalon.
Erice’s fourth feature, following on 30 years after Cannes Festival Jury Prize winner “El sol del membrillo” (“Dream of Light”), “Cerrar los ojos” is written by Erice and Michel Gaztambide, a Spanish Academy best screenplay Goya Award winner for “No Rest for the Wicked.” The story of a disappearance, the film revolves “around issues such as identity and memory,” its producers announced Monday.
Producer Cristina Zumárraga lead produces the production through Tandem Films, the company...
- 12/12/2022
- by Emiliano De Pablos and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
“Lost And Found” has closed first sales to Italy (Eagle Pictures), France (Kmbo) and Taiwan (Creative Century Entertainment) on thriller “Lost and Found,” starring Álvaro Morte, “Money Heist’s” Professor, and directed by “The Head” helmer Jorge Dorado.
The caliber of the distributors – Eagle Pictures is one of Italy’s most muscular mainstream buyers, for instance – and the movie’s high-profile talent package confirm “Lost and Found” as a preeminent title in Spain’s currently most exportable product line: Upscale ambitious thrillers with a social-issue underbelly.
Filmax, “Lost and Found’s” sales company, screened a promo at Berlin’s European Film Market. The first sales news comes just before the film’s first market screening at a private event at Cannes.
In “Lost and Found,” Morte plays Mario, who leads a solitary existence working at a Lost and Found office. One day, a suitcase arrives, found at the bottom of a river.
The caliber of the distributors – Eagle Pictures is one of Italy’s most muscular mainstream buyers, for instance – and the movie’s high-profile talent package confirm “Lost and Found” as a preeminent title in Spain’s currently most exportable product line: Upscale ambitious thrillers with a social-issue underbelly.
Filmax, “Lost and Found’s” sales company, screened a promo at Berlin’s European Film Market. The first sales news comes just before the film’s first market screening at a private event at Cannes.
In “Lost and Found,” Morte plays Mario, who leads a solitary existence working at a Lost and Found office. One day, a suitcase arrives, found at the bottom of a river.
- 5/18/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Barcelona-based indie sales outfit Filmax has taken international sales rights to Jorge Dorado’s noir thriller feature “Objetos” (“Lost & Found”), starring “Money Heist” actor Álvaro Morte.
Filmax is launching the film onto the market with a first promo at this year’s European Film Market.
Shot October-November at several locations in Spain and Argentina, including Madrid and Jujuy, the film is currently in post-production.
“Lost & Found” is produced by Cristina Zumárraga and Pablo Bossi at Tandem Films, the Madrid-based production company, whose recent titles include award-winning comedy “Rosa’s Wedding” and toon feature sales hit “Turu, the Wacky Hen.”
A Spain-Argentina-Germany co-production, “Lost & Found” also teams Spain’s Setembro Cine (“A Fantastic Woman”), Argentina’s Pampa Films (“Chinese Take-Away”) and In Post We Trust (“Unknown Origins”), plus Germany’s Rexin Film, with the participation of Spanish pubcaster Rtve, Amazon Studios and Germany’s Zdf.
Written by top Spanish scribe Natxo López,...
Filmax is launching the film onto the market with a first promo at this year’s European Film Market.
Shot October-November at several locations in Spain and Argentina, including Madrid and Jujuy, the film is currently in post-production.
“Lost & Found” is produced by Cristina Zumárraga and Pablo Bossi at Tandem Films, the Madrid-based production company, whose recent titles include award-winning comedy “Rosa’s Wedding” and toon feature sales hit “Turu, the Wacky Hen.”
A Spain-Argentina-Germany co-production, “Lost & Found” also teams Spain’s Setembro Cine (“A Fantastic Woman”), Argentina’s Pampa Films (“Chinese Take-Away”) and In Post We Trust (“Unknown Origins”), plus Germany’s Rexin Film, with the participation of Spanish pubcaster Rtve, Amazon Studios and Germany’s Zdf.
Written by top Spanish scribe Natxo López,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Disney has renewed for a second season Argentine psychological drama “Limbo – Hasta Que Lo Decida,” one of the companies earliest Star Plus Originals in Latin America.
The new order was announced this Saturday Oct. 9 by Leonardo Aranguibel, VP of production at the Walt Disney Company LatAm, in Cannes just after the world premiere of “Limbo” at Canneseries, where the 10-part series was the first to bow in main competition.
The decision to order Season 2 was made given the results of the first 10 episodes, now in post-production, and selection for Canneseries, Aranguibel explained.
Produced by Star Original Productions in partnership with Pablo Bossi’s Pampa Films and Gloriamundi Producciones, the series is developed by Argentina’s Mariano Cohen and Gastón Duprat, writer-directors of the Venice feature “Official Competition,” starring Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, and “The Distinguished Citizen.” “Limbo” is directed by Agustina Macri (“Soledad”) and Fabiana Tiscornia (“La reina del...
The new order was announced this Saturday Oct. 9 by Leonardo Aranguibel, VP of production at the Walt Disney Company LatAm, in Cannes just after the world premiere of “Limbo” at Canneseries, where the 10-part series was the first to bow in main competition.
The decision to order Season 2 was made given the results of the first 10 episodes, now in post-production, and selection for Canneseries, Aranguibel explained.
Produced by Star Original Productions in partnership with Pablo Bossi’s Pampa Films and Gloriamundi Producciones, the series is developed by Argentina’s Mariano Cohen and Gastón Duprat, writer-directors of the Venice feature “Official Competition,” starring Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, and “The Distinguished Citizen.” “Limbo” is directed by Agustina Macri (“Soledad”) and Fabiana Tiscornia (“La reina del...
- 10/10/2021
- by John Hopewell and Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
Barcelona-based mini-studio Filmax is bringing onto the market “The Roar of the Butterflies,” an ambitious period drama made with Pablo Bossi’s Gloriamundi and Disney Plus in Latin America.
Focusing on the extreme courage of two women who stood up to one of the bloodiest dictators in Latin American history, the drama series is being brought into the open market at this week’s L.A. Virtual Screenings.
Increasing the show’s appeal is an impressive and now expanded cast of Spanish and Caribbean talent including Susana Abaitua, Sandy Hernández (“On the Block”), Guillermo Toledo (“I’m so Excited”) and Alberto Garcia (“Che”).
It was first announced in late 2019 as a Buena Vista Original Productions title produced with Bossi’s Pampa Films (“Chinese Takeaway”). It follows on their highly successful collaboration on “Monzón,” which raised the bar on production standards in Latin America.
“The Roar of the Butterflies” now also marks...
Focusing on the extreme courage of two women who stood up to one of the bloodiest dictators in Latin American history, the drama series is being brought into the open market at this week’s L.A. Virtual Screenings.
Increasing the show’s appeal is an impressive and now expanded cast of Spanish and Caribbean talent including Susana Abaitua, Sandy Hernández (“On the Block”), Guillermo Toledo (“I’m so Excited”) and Alberto Garcia (“Che”).
It was first announced in late 2019 as a Buena Vista Original Productions title produced with Bossi’s Pampa Films (“Chinese Takeaway”). It follows on their highly successful collaboration on “Monzón,” which raised the bar on production standards in Latin America.
“The Roar of the Butterflies” now also marks...
- 5/14/2021
- by Jamie Lang and Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
Disney Plus has acquired Latin American broadcast rights to animated musical “Turu and the Wackies,” a 26-episode CGI spin-off series from the hit 2019 toon movie “Turu, the Wacky Hen,” a Spanish Academy best animated feature winner that Filmax has sold to 75 countries.
In further deals, Spanish public broadcaster Rtve has taken broadcast rights in Spain and A’Punt those to Spain’s Valencia region.
An ode to diversity, “Turu, the Wacky Hen” turns on a hen which can’t lay eggs but, when taken in by Isabel, an elderly lady and ex music teacher, discovers that it can speak to humans. Also, it sure can sing.
In the Spanish-Argentine series, which is being sold internationally by Filmax, Turu sets up a band with his farm friends: the elegant little pig Rhythm, who plays guitar, and energetic sheep Beat, on drums. Together they discover the world around them through adventures and...
In further deals, Spanish public broadcaster Rtve has taken broadcast rights in Spain and A’Punt those to Spain’s Valencia region.
An ode to diversity, “Turu, the Wacky Hen” turns on a hen which can’t lay eggs but, when taken in by Isabel, an elderly lady and ex music teacher, discovers that it can speak to humans. Also, it sure can sing.
In the Spanish-Argentine series, which is being sold internationally by Filmax, Turu sets up a band with his farm friends: the elegant little pig Rhythm, who plays guitar, and energetic sheep Beat, on drums. Together they discover the world around them through adventures and...
- 4/12/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Pamplona, Spain — Disney’s Leonardo Aranguibel, producer of “Until I Met You” and “Selena’s Secret,” may have another winner on its hands. Produced by the Buena Vista Production Group, “Monzón,” a chronicle of the Argentine’s boxing legend’s arrest and trial, accused of murdering wife Alicia Muniz, opened on Turner Latin America’s Space on Monday June 17 to a bullish rating. That made it, after the primetime offering of Telefe and Artear the most-watched program of the day in Argentina, despite Space being cable TV not free-to-air.
“Monzon” was the only Latin America series to be chosen for SeriesMania in March and played to warm applause at Conecta Fiction’s closing prize ceremony on June 19. The Buena Vista Production Group produces with Pampa Films, headed by Pablo Bossi, who serves as showrunner. Producer of some of the iconic titles of the New Argentine Cinema, such as Nine Queens and Chinese Takeaway,...
“Monzon” was the only Latin America series to be chosen for SeriesMania in March and played to warm applause at Conecta Fiction’s closing prize ceremony on June 19. The Buena Vista Production Group produces with Pampa Films, headed by Pablo Bossi, who serves as showrunner. Producer of some of the iconic titles of the New Argentine Cinema, such as Nine Queens and Chinese Takeaway,...
- 6/24/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
On Wednesday evening the Spanish city of Pamplona was overrun, not by bulls, but by hopeful TV creators who had spent the early week pitching their projects at Conecta Fiction, and who anxiously waited to find out the titles which would take home silverware.
Meanwhile, “Monzón,” a Disney-Pampa-Incaa production portraying the tragic violence of Argentine boxing legend Carlos Monzón, impressed a Pamplona audience a first episode screening at the prize ceremony.
David Miranda Hardy’s “The Frontier” scooped the Arpa Lawyers Consultancy Prize of 10 hours of consultancy and legal advice. His first project following Chilean hit series “Bala Loca,” in many ways one of the game-changers for Chilean high-end drama in both quality and format, “The Frontier” beat out a field of 10 finalists which competed in this week’s Pitch CoPro Series.
Developed by novelist and screenwriter Simón Soto, the series turns on Detective Manuela Valencia,...
Meanwhile, “Monzón,” a Disney-Pampa-Incaa production portraying the tragic violence of Argentine boxing legend Carlos Monzón, impressed a Pamplona audience a first episode screening at the prize ceremony.
David Miranda Hardy’s “The Frontier” scooped the Arpa Lawyers Consultancy Prize of 10 hours of consultancy and legal advice. His first project following Chilean hit series “Bala Loca,” in many ways one of the game-changers for Chilean high-end drama in both quality and format, “The Frontier” beat out a field of 10 finalists which competed in this week’s Pitch CoPro Series.
Developed by novelist and screenwriter Simón Soto, the series turns on Detective Manuela Valencia,...
- 6/19/2019
- by Jamie Lang and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Round up of the buzz Argentinian titles out to tempt buyers.
4x4
Dir. Mariano Cohn
Thriller 4x4 was the talk of Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires last December and has already landed distribution deals in France (Ugc), South Korea (Cree Pictures) and Argentina, where Buena Vista International will release. Cohn, Gaston Duprat’s co-director on The Distinguished Citizen, makes his solo feature directorial debut on the story about a car thief trapped inside a luxury SUV. Peter Lanzani, Dady Brieva and Luis Brandoni star.
Contact: Juan Torres, Latido Films
After Hitler’s Steps
Dir. Tbd
Keen to move deeper into...
4x4
Dir. Mariano Cohn
Thriller 4x4 was the talk of Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires last December and has already landed distribution deals in France (Ugc), South Korea (Cree Pictures) and Argentina, where Buena Vista International will release. Cohn, Gaston Duprat’s co-director on The Distinguished Citizen, makes his solo feature directorial debut on the story about a car thief trapped inside a luxury SUV. Peter Lanzani, Dady Brieva and Luis Brandoni star.
Contact: Juan Torres, Latido Films
After Hitler’s Steps
Dir. Tbd
Keen to move deeper into...
- 2/9/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Bernardo Zupnik, one of the Argentine film industry’s most senior figures, has been voted in as the president of Argentina’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Cecilia Roth, famed for her performances in early Pedro Almodovar films, will serve as vice-president, and producer-turned-director Juan Vera, who has just debuted behind the camera with Ricardo Darín starrer “An Unexpected Love,” is the Academy’s new second vice-president.
The appointment marks the latest career turn for Zupnik, one of Argentina’s most famous independent distributors who headed for years, along with his daughter Paula Zupnik, Distribution Co., which released many of the largest U.S. independent and Argentine titles, such as 2009 Oscar winner “The Secret in Their Eyes,” which grossed $9.3 million domestically. He has also held public sector positions such as deputy director of the Argentine Film Institute (Incaa).
His appointment comes as Incaa is under increasing fiscal pressure,...
Cecilia Roth, famed for her performances in early Pedro Almodovar films, will serve as vice-president, and producer-turned-director Juan Vera, who has just debuted behind the camera with Ricardo Darín starrer “An Unexpected Love,” is the Academy’s new second vice-president.
The appointment marks the latest career turn for Zupnik, one of Argentina’s most famous independent distributors who headed for years, along with his daughter Paula Zupnik, Distribution Co., which released many of the largest U.S. independent and Argentine titles, such as 2009 Oscar winner “The Secret in Their Eyes,” which grossed $9.3 million domestically. He has also held public sector positions such as deputy director of the Argentine Film Institute (Incaa).
His appointment comes as Incaa is under increasing fiscal pressure,...
- 11/1/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO Latino has snapped up U.S. rights to thriller Dark Buildings (Las Grietas De Jara) and comedy Empowered (Sin Rodeos) from Argentinian sales outfit FilmSharks.
Oscar Martinez (The Distinguished Citizen) and Joaquin Furriel (La Quietud) star in the former about a dark secret at an architecture firm. The film has also been picked up by HBO Europe for Eastern Europe. Disney/Buena Vista previously picked up multi-territory rights to the movie in South America.
Comedy Empowered comes from Torrente franchise director Santiago Segura and stars Maribel Verdu (Pan’s Labyrinth) in the lead role as a woman who, after a visit to an Indian healer, starts saying aloud what she would previously have only thought. The pic has also newly sold to Edel for German-speaking Europe. Previous deals included Contracorriente for Spain, Colarado for Italy and Palace Pictures for Aus/Nz.
Meanwhile, also for FilmSharks, Tribeca horror You...
Oscar Martinez (The Distinguished Citizen) and Joaquin Furriel (La Quietud) star in the former about a dark secret at an architecture firm. The film has also been picked up by HBO Europe for Eastern Europe. Disney/Buena Vista previously picked up multi-territory rights to the movie in South America.
Comedy Empowered comes from Torrente franchise director Santiago Segura and stars Maribel Verdu (Pan’s Labyrinth) in the lead role as a woman who, after a visit to an Indian healer, starts saying aloud what she would previously have only thought. The pic has also newly sold to Edel for German-speaking Europe. Previous deals included Contracorriente for Spain, Colarado for Italy and Palace Pictures for Aus/Nz.
Meanwhile, also for FilmSharks, Tribeca horror You...
- 9/7/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Directed by “La Casa Muda’s” Gustavo Hernández and starring “The Orphanage’s” Belén Rueda, “No dormirás” (“You Shall Not Sleep”) continues to rack up new major territory sales for FilmSharks Intl.
Produced among others by Pablo Bossi (“Nine Queens”), “You Shall Not Sleep” is one major highlight at Thursday’s Blood Window showcase Latin American Genre Films Today.
It is set in an abandoned psychiatric hospital, where a radical theater group experiments with insomnia, falling prey to the place’s dark energies.
The building supernatural chiller caught attention last August when 20th Century Fox stepped in to acquire rights to the U.S., most of Latin America and German-speaking territories.
Receiving its international premiere at the recent Tribeca Festival, “You Shall Not Sleep” has now been sold by FilmSharks Intl. to At Entertainment for Japan, Sycomad for Korea and StarCastle for Mexico, Peru, Ecuador & Bolivia. On other unannounced sales,...
Produced among others by Pablo Bossi (“Nine Queens”), “You Shall Not Sleep” is one major highlight at Thursday’s Blood Window showcase Latin American Genre Films Today.
It is set in an abandoned psychiatric hospital, where a radical theater group experiments with insomnia, falling prey to the place’s dark energies.
The building supernatural chiller caught attention last August when 20th Century Fox stepped in to acquire rights to the U.S., most of Latin America and German-speaking territories.
Receiving its international premiere at the recent Tribeca Festival, “You Shall Not Sleep” has now been sold by FilmSharks Intl. to At Entertainment for Japan, Sycomad for Korea and StarCastle for Mexico, Peru, Ecuador & Bolivia. On other unannounced sales,...
- 5/9/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Film Sharks scores sales on redemption feature.
Black Snow (Nieve Negra), the thriller starring Argentinian superstar Ricardo Darin who is in official selection at Cannes Film Festival with The Summit (El Cordillera), has sparked a flurry of multi-platform transactions for Film Sharks including a global streaming deal with Netflix.
Fabian Bielinsky protégé Martin Hodara’s film has also gone to DirecTV for Latin American TVoD rights, and as previously announced will open theatrically in Spain through A Contracorriente, and Italy via Movies Inspired.
Paris Films will distribute in Brazil, and Seven Films in Greece. Buena Vista International reported more than 750,000 admissions in South America.
Talks are ongoing for theatrical deals in the UK, Australia, Germany and Scandinavia on the story of a man living in self-imposed exile in Patagonia years after he was accused of killing his brother.
Old rivalries are reignited when he is visited by another brother and his wife with a land sale...
Black Snow (Nieve Negra), the thriller starring Argentinian superstar Ricardo Darin who is in official selection at Cannes Film Festival with The Summit (El Cordillera), has sparked a flurry of multi-platform transactions for Film Sharks including a global streaming deal with Netflix.
Fabian Bielinsky protégé Martin Hodara’s film has also gone to DirecTV for Latin American TVoD rights, and as previously announced will open theatrically in Spain through A Contracorriente, and Italy via Movies Inspired.
Paris Films will distribute in Brazil, and Seven Films in Greece. Buena Vista International reported more than 750,000 admissions in South America.
Talks are ongoing for theatrical deals in the UK, Australia, Germany and Scandinavia on the story of a man living in self-imposed exile in Patagonia years after he was accused of killing his brother.
Old rivalries are reignited when he is visited by another brother and his wife with a land sale...
- 5/21/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Ricardo Darin-starring thriller is now shooting in Spain and Argentina.
FilmSharks has cut early pre-sales on the $4m Black Snow (Nieve Niegra), the Ricardo Darin thriller that is shooting now in Spain and Argentina.
Buena Vista has acquired rights for South America, Paris Filmes for Brazil, and Seven Films for Greece. Producer A Contracorriente Films holds Spanish rights.
Guido rud is showing first footage in Cannes on the thriller by Fabian Bieleinsky protégé Martin Hodara about a man living in self-imposed exile in Patagonia years after being accused of killing his brother who is visited by another brother and his wife with a sensitive land sale proposal.
Leonardo Sbaraglia and Laia Costa also star and produce.
Pablo Bossi of Nine Queens produces with Gloriamundi, Pampa Films, Amiguetes Ent, A Contracorrriente Films, and DirecTV in associaiton with Antena 3 and Telefe /Telefonica Studios.
FilmSharks has cut early pre-sales on the $4m Black Snow (Nieve Niegra), the Ricardo Darin thriller that is shooting now in Spain and Argentina.
Buena Vista has acquired rights for South America, Paris Filmes for Brazil, and Seven Films for Greece. Producer A Contracorriente Films holds Spanish rights.
Guido rud is showing first footage in Cannes on the thriller by Fabian Bieleinsky protégé Martin Hodara about a man living in self-imposed exile in Patagonia years after being accused of killing his brother who is visited by another brother and his wife with a sensitive land sale proposal.
Leonardo Sbaraglia and Laia Costa also star and produce.
Pablo Bossi of Nine Queens produces with Gloriamundi, Pampa Films, Amiguetes Ent, A Contracorrriente Films, and DirecTV in associaiton with Antena 3 and Telefe /Telefonica Studios.
- 5/13/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: FilmSharks’ Francis: Pray For Us promo continues to draw buyers as Metropolitan has swooped on French rights to the Vatican-endorsed biopic of the current Pope.
M2 Pictures acquired Italian rights and To Must See Movie Releasing will distribute in South Korea.
Offers from the Us, the UK and Germany are on the table.
Dario Grandinetti stars and Pablo Bossi of Nine Queens fame produces the $6m Spanish-language film that charts the early career of Jorge Mario Bergoglio [the Pope] through the eyes of an investigative reporter, culminating in the papal conclave in 2013.
As previously announced FilmSharks pre-sold to Disney for Latin America and Warsaw Movie Distribution in Poland.
“We are expecting huge success for this title about the most beloved Pope ever that recounts his hard life based on the only one official biography,” said Rud.
M2 Pictures acquired Italian rights and To Must See Movie Releasing will distribute in South Korea.
Offers from the Us, the UK and Germany are on the table.
Dario Grandinetti stars and Pablo Bossi of Nine Queens fame produces the $6m Spanish-language film that charts the early career of Jorge Mario Bergoglio [the Pope] through the eyes of an investigative reporter, culminating in the papal conclave in 2013.
As previously announced FilmSharks pre-sold to Disney for Latin America and Warsaw Movie Distribution in Poland.
“We are expecting huge success for this title about the most beloved Pope ever that recounts his hard life based on the only one official biography,” said Rud.
- 5/16/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Disney has swooped on Latin American and Spanish rights to Kóblic, a thriller that reunites Argentinian idol Ricardo Darin with his Chinese Take-Out director Sebastián Borensztein.
Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks closed the early deal on the $3.5m project and has scored a Greek pre-sale with Seven Films.
Production on Kóblic is set to start in Argentina on July 20 with Darin playing a Navy captain in the late 1970s during the country’s ‘Dirty War’ who refuses to take part in the death flights, whereby drugged dissidents are dropped from planes.
The officer takes refuge in a coastal city and flies crop dusters for a family friend. He eventually falls for a local woman and confronts a thuggish police chief as the dictatorship’s agents close in on his whereabouts.
Darin, who appeared in Argentina’s Oscar-nominated Wild Tales as well as Oscar winner The Secret In Their Eyes and Nine Queens, will star alongside...
Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks closed the early deal on the $3.5m project and has scored a Greek pre-sale with Seven Films.
Production on Kóblic is set to start in Argentina on July 20 with Darin playing a Navy captain in the late 1970s during the country’s ‘Dirty War’ who refuses to take part in the death flights, whereby drugged dissidents are dropped from planes.
The officer takes refuge in a coastal city and flies crop dusters for a family friend. He eventually falls for a local woman and confronts a thuggish police chief as the dictatorship’s agents close in on his whereabouts.
Darin, who appeared in Argentina’s Oscar-nominated Wild Tales as well as Oscar winner The Secret In Their Eyes and Nine Queens, will star alongside...
- 5/14/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: FilmSharks is showing first footage of the first officially endorsed biopic of Pope Francis at the Efm.
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks is showing first footage from Francisco, the first officially endorsed biopic of Pope Francis that has just sold to Piotr Dziubak | Warsaw Movie Distribution in Poland.
The $6m Spanish-language film is currently shooting between Buenos Aires, Madrid and Rome and charts the early career of Jorge Mario Bergoglio through the eyes of an investigative reporter, culminating in the papal conclave in 2013.
Beda Docampo Feijoo, whose credits include Crazy Loves and Quiéreme, directs Francisco from his adapted screenplay based on Elisabetta Pique’s official biography Francisco Vida Y Revolucion. Dario Grandinetti stars as the Argentina-born Pontiff
As previously reported, FilmSharks has licensed Latin America and Spain to Disney. Pablo Bossi produces.
“We hope this film conveys the admiration we all feel about a life consistently based on austerity and charity that will inspire,” said Feijoo...
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks is showing first footage from Francisco, the first officially endorsed biopic of Pope Francis that has just sold to Piotr Dziubak | Warsaw Movie Distribution in Poland.
The $6m Spanish-language film is currently shooting between Buenos Aires, Madrid and Rome and charts the early career of Jorge Mario Bergoglio through the eyes of an investigative reporter, culminating in the papal conclave in 2013.
Beda Docampo Feijoo, whose credits include Crazy Loves and Quiéreme, directs Francisco from his adapted screenplay based on Elisabetta Pique’s official biography Francisco Vida Y Revolucion. Dario Grandinetti stars as the Argentina-born Pontiff
As previously reported, FilmSharks has licensed Latin America and Spain to Disney. Pablo Bossi produces.
“We hope this film conveys the admiration we all feel about a life consistently based on austerity and charity that will inspire,” said Feijoo...
- 2/7/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: FilmSharks is showing first footage of the first officially endorsed biopic of Pope Francis at the Efm.
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks is showing first footage from Francisco, the first officially endorsed biopic of Pope Francis that has just sold to Piotr Dziubak | Warsaw Movie Distribution in Poland.
The $6m Spanish-language film is currently shooting between Buenos Aires, Madrid and Rome and charts the early career of Jorge Mario Bergoglio through the eyes of an investigative reporter, culminating in the papal conclave in 2013.
Beda Docampo Feijoo, whose credits include Crazy Loves and Quiéreme, directs Francisco from his adapted screenplay based on Elisabetta Pique’s official biography Francisco Vida Y Revolucion. Dario Grandinetti stars as the Argentina-born Pontiff
As previously reported, FilmSharks has licensed Latin America and Spain to Disney. Pablo Bossi produces.
“We hope this film conveys the admiration we all feel about a life consistently based on austerity and charity that will inspire,” said Feijoo...
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks is showing first footage from Francisco, the first officially endorsed biopic of Pope Francis that has just sold to Piotr Dziubak | Warsaw Movie Distribution in Poland.
The $6m Spanish-language film is currently shooting between Buenos Aires, Madrid and Rome and charts the early career of Jorge Mario Bergoglio through the eyes of an investigative reporter, culminating in the papal conclave in 2013.
Beda Docampo Feijoo, whose credits include Crazy Loves and Quiéreme, directs Francisco from his adapted screenplay based on Elisabetta Pique’s official biography Francisco Vida Y Revolucion. Dario Grandinetti stars as the Argentina-born Pontiff
As previously reported, FilmSharks has licensed Latin America and Spain to Disney. Pablo Bossi produces.
“We hope this film conveys the admiration we all feel about a life consistently based on austerity and charity that will inspire,” said Feijoo...
- 2/7/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks is showing first footage from Francisco, the first officially endorsed biopic of Pope Francis that has just sold to Piotr Dziubak | Warsaw Movie Distribution in Poland.
The $6m Spanish-language film is currently shooting between Buenos Aires, Madrid and Rome and charts the early career of Jorge Mario Bergoglio through the eyes of an investigative reporter, culminating in the papal conclave in 2013.
Beda Docampo Feijoo, whose credits include Crazy Loves and Quiéreme, directs Francisco from his adapted screenplay based on Elisabetta Pique’s official biography Francisco Vida Y Revolucion. Dario Grandinetti stars as the Argentina-born Pontiff.
As previously reported, FilmSharks has licensed Latin America and Spain to Disney. Pablo Bossi produces.
“We hope this film conveys the admiration we all feel about a life consistently based on austerity and charity that will inspire,” said Feijoo.
The $6m Spanish-language film is currently shooting between Buenos Aires, Madrid and Rome and charts the early career of Jorge Mario Bergoglio through the eyes of an investigative reporter, culminating in the papal conclave in 2013.
Beda Docampo Feijoo, whose credits include Crazy Loves and Quiéreme, directs Francisco from his adapted screenplay based on Elisabetta Pique’s official biography Francisco Vida Y Revolucion. Dario Grandinetti stars as the Argentina-born Pontiff.
As previously reported, FilmSharks has licensed Latin America and Spain to Disney. Pablo Bossi produces.
“We hope this film conveys the admiration we all feel about a life consistently based on austerity and charity that will inspire,” said Feijoo.
- 2/6/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Ventana Sur: FilmSharks has licensed Latin American and Spanish rights to Disney for its upcoming $6m Argentina-Spain co-production about the Pontiff.
Pablo Bossi is producing Francisco, the first officially endorsed biography of the living Pope based on Elisabetta Pique’s biography Francisco Vida Y Revolucion.
Beda Docampo Feijoo, whose credits include Crazy Loves and Quiéreme, will direct from his adapted screenplay.
Dario Grandinetti, the Argentinean actor whose credits include Talk To Her and Argentinean smash and foreign language Oscar submission Wild Tales, will play the Argentine-born Pope Francis aka Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Grandinetti is pictured at left meeting Pope Francis.
Rounding out the key cast are Silvia Abascal, Jorge Marrale, Carlos Hipolito, Leonor Manso, Laura Novoa and Leticia Bredice.
Production on the Spanish-language biopic is scheduled to kick off in Buenos Aires on January 12 and continue in Madrid and Rome.
The story charts Bergoglio’s early work as a priest and role as Archbishop of Buenos Aires as...
Pablo Bossi is producing Francisco, the first officially endorsed biography of the living Pope based on Elisabetta Pique’s biography Francisco Vida Y Revolucion.
Beda Docampo Feijoo, whose credits include Crazy Loves and Quiéreme, will direct from his adapted screenplay.
Dario Grandinetti, the Argentinean actor whose credits include Talk To Her and Argentinean smash and foreign language Oscar submission Wild Tales, will play the Argentine-born Pope Francis aka Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Grandinetti is pictured at left meeting Pope Francis.
Rounding out the key cast are Silvia Abascal, Jorge Marrale, Carlos Hipolito, Leonor Manso, Laura Novoa and Leticia Bredice.
Production on the Spanish-language biopic is scheduled to kick off in Buenos Aires on January 12 and continue in Madrid and Rome.
The story charts Bergoglio’s early work as a priest and role as Archbishop of Buenos Aires as...
- 12/3/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Guido Rud’s FilmSharks International has prevailed in a bidding war, acquiring feature rights to Abel Basti’s Latin American publishing sensation.
Buenos Aires-based Rud is developing the project with Amsterdam-based European Film Company, the company behind Kidnapping Freddy Heineken that is understood to be bringing equity and soft money to the table.
Rud is aiming for a studio-level feature, preferably in Argentina, and will commence pre-sales at the Afm.
In After Hitler’s Steps Basti produces evidence purporting to show how the Führer survived WWII and fled to Argentina and Paraguay, where he lived until his death in the 1970s.
The world-renowned authority on the Third Reich and the flight of Nazis to Latin America and the Us is adapting the screenplay. His previous work has been acquired by the BBC and he wrote a documentary that aired on History Channel called Hitler’s Escape (El Escape De Hitler).
Producing is Pablo Bossi, Fabian Bielinsky’s producer...
Buenos Aires-based Rud is developing the project with Amsterdam-based European Film Company, the company behind Kidnapping Freddy Heineken that is understood to be bringing equity and soft money to the table.
Rud is aiming for a studio-level feature, preferably in Argentina, and will commence pre-sales at the Afm.
In After Hitler’s Steps Basti produces evidence purporting to show how the Führer survived WWII and fled to Argentina and Paraguay, where he lived until his death in the 1970s.
The world-renowned authority on the Third Reich and the flight of Nazis to Latin America and the Us is adapting the screenplay. His previous work has been acquired by the BBC and he wrote a documentary that aired on History Channel called Hitler’s Escape (El Escape De Hitler).
Producing is Pablo Bossi, Fabian Bielinsky’s producer...
- 10/4/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Guido Rud’s FilmSharks International has prevailed in a bidding war, acquiring feature rights to Abel Basti’s Latin American publishing sensation.
Buenos Aires-based Rud is developing the project with Amsterdam-based European Film Company, the company behind Kidnapping Freddy Heineken that is understood to be bringing equity and soft money to the table.
Rud is aiming for a studio-level feature, preferably in Argentina, and will commence pre-sales at the Afm.
In After Hitler’s Steps Basti produces evidence purporting to show how the Führer survived WWII and fled to Argentina and Paraguay, where he lived until his death in the 1970s.
The world-renowned authority on the Third Reich and the flight of Nazis to Latin America and the Us is adapting the screenplay. His previous work has been acquired by the BBC and he wrote a documentary that aired on History Channel called Hitler’s Escape (El Escape De Hitler).
Producing is Pablo Bossi, Fabian Bielinsky’s producer...
Buenos Aires-based Rud is developing the project with Amsterdam-based European Film Company, the company behind Kidnapping Freddy Heineken that is understood to be bringing equity and soft money to the table.
Rud is aiming for a studio-level feature, preferably in Argentina, and will commence pre-sales at the Afm.
In After Hitler’s Steps Basti produces evidence purporting to show how the Führer survived WWII and fled to Argentina and Paraguay, where he lived until his death in the 1970s.
The world-renowned authority on the Third Reich and the flight of Nazis to Latin America and the Us is adapting the screenplay. His previous work has been acquired by the BBC and he wrote a documentary that aired on History Channel called Hitler’s Escape (El Escape De Hitler).
Producing is Pablo Bossi, Fabian Bielinsky’s producer...
- 10/3/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Guido Rud’s FilmSharks International has prevailed in a bidding war, acquiring feature rights to Abel Basti’s Latin American publishing sensation After Hitler’s Steps (n).
Buenos Aires-based Rud is developing the project with Amsterdam-based European Film Company and said he was aiming for a studio-level feature, preferably in Argentina.
Rud expects to commence pre-sales at the Afm on After Hitler’s Steps, which investigates the notion that he Fuhrer survived WWII and fled to Argentina, where he lived until the 1970s.
Basti, a world-renowned authority on the Third Reich and the flight of Nazis to Latin America and the Us, is adapting the screenplay.
Pablo Bossi, whose credits include the Argentinian thriller The Aura (El Aura) is producing.
The filmmakers said they were in talks with a major Iberoamerican director.
“We are very proud and excited to announce the development and production of After Hitler’s steps with Guido Rud of Film Sharks,” said...
Buenos Aires-based Rud is developing the project with Amsterdam-based European Film Company and said he was aiming for a studio-level feature, preferably in Argentina.
Rud expects to commence pre-sales at the Afm on After Hitler’s Steps, which investigates the notion that he Fuhrer survived WWII and fled to Argentina, where he lived until the 1970s.
Basti, a world-renowned authority on the Third Reich and the flight of Nazis to Latin America and the Us, is adapting the screenplay.
Pablo Bossi, whose credits include the Argentinian thriller The Aura (El Aura) is producing.
The filmmakers said they were in talks with a major Iberoamerican director.
“We are very proud and excited to announce the development and production of After Hitler’s steps with Guido Rud of Film Sharks,” said...
- 10/3/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Pontiff set for popcorn treatment as Argentinian director of The Lake House announces biopic starring The Motorcycle Diaries star Rodrigo de la Serna
Argentina's Alejandro Agresti is to bring the life story of Pope Francis to the big screen, reports Variety.
Rodrigo de la Serna, best known for his award-winning role as Che Guevara's travelling companion Alberto Granado in The Motorcycle Diaries, will play the world's first Argentine pope. The film, titled Historia de un cura (A Priest's Tale) will tell the story of the man born Jorge Mario Bergoglio from his youth to his election in March as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in 1936 as the grandson of Italian immigrant parents in Buenos Aires, Francis became the first pontiff from the southern Hemisphere and the first of Jesuit origin earlier this year, as well as the first from any Latin American nation. Agresti's movie will tell...
Argentina's Alejandro Agresti is to bring the life story of Pope Francis to the big screen, reports Variety.
Rodrigo de la Serna, best known for his award-winning role as Che Guevara's travelling companion Alberto Granado in The Motorcycle Diaries, will play the world's first Argentine pope. The film, titled Historia de un cura (A Priest's Tale) will tell the story of the man born Jorge Mario Bergoglio from his youth to his election in March as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in 1936 as the grandson of Italian immigrant parents in Buenos Aires, Francis became the first pontiff from the southern Hemisphere and the first of Jesuit origin earlier this year, as well as the first from any Latin American nation. Agresti's movie will tell...
- 9/4/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
After a successful run at the SXSW 2011 Film Festival, we wondered when Cold Sweat (a.k.a. Sudor Frío) was going to get a home. Well, it has found one with the good folks over at Dark Sky Films, and we have all the details and a brand spanking new still for you!
From the Press Release
Mpi Media Group announced it has acquired all North American rights to Cold Sweat, a new horror film featuring a pair of villains who raise the bar in cinematic evil. A sensation at the South By Southwest film festival, the film, directed by Adrián García Bogliano, will receive a theatrical release in fall 2011, to be followed by DVD and Video on Demand availability.
Cold Sweat (Sudor Frío) is a co-production of Pampa Films, a leading studio in Argentina, and indie house Paura Flics. Pampa’s previous productions include the local box-office hits The Signal and The Legend.
From the Press Release
Mpi Media Group announced it has acquired all North American rights to Cold Sweat, a new horror film featuring a pair of villains who raise the bar in cinematic evil. A sensation at the South By Southwest film festival, the film, directed by Adrián García Bogliano, will receive a theatrical release in fall 2011, to be followed by DVD and Video on Demand availability.
Cold Sweat (Sudor Frío) is a co-production of Pampa Films, a leading studio in Argentina, and indie house Paura Flics. Pampa’s previous productions include the local box-office hits The Signal and The Legend.
- 6/9/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
John Cusack will star in the comedy "Dictablanda" ("Soft Dictator").According to Variety, production is underway in Buenos Aires and Mar de Ajo, Argentina.No plot details have been given other than the film is a comedy that finds Cusack's character involved in international mayhem.Pablo Bossi's Pampa Films is producing along with Cusack through his New Crime Productions shingle and entertainment attorney Kevin Morris. Alejandro Agresti ("The Lake House") is directing from a script he co-wrote with Cusack, Morris and Paul Hipp.Hipp also co-stars in the film.Cusack was last seen in the MGM comedy "Hot Tub Time Machine" and recently wrapped James McTeigue's thriller "The Raven," in which he stars as Edgar Allan Poe.
- 3/9/2011
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
John Cusack is almost exclusively known for his versatility and effortlessly charming screen-presence, and for possessing a talent which is too rarely the instrument of deserving big-screen material. And yet, he is still seeking that role that would catapult him into the elite bracket of actors, but an aspect of Cusack’s work that is rarely remarked upon has been his screenwriting. Although his most recent script, War Inc, a sprawling political satire, suffered badly both commercially and critically, his broader comedy writing- including credits for High Fidelity and Grosse Point Blank- has been his most successful.
Now Variety say Cusack is once again taking the lead on the page and screen with his latest film Dictablanda.
In spite of a commercially belligerent name- which means “Soft Dictator”- the film is described as a “screwball comedy of manners,” and will be produced in collaboration between Cusack’s own company,...
Now Variety say Cusack is once again taking the lead on the page and screen with his latest film Dictablanda.
In spite of a commercially belligerent name- which means “Soft Dictator”- the film is described as a “screwball comedy of manners,” and will be produced in collaboration between Cusack’s own company,...
- 3/9/2011
- by Ben Szwediuk
- Obsessed with Film
John Cusack has signed on to star and produce Dictablanda, ”a screwball comedy of manners which finds the thesp embroiled in international mayhem.” The film has the tagline, "People don't die, they get killed," and will be filmed on location in Buenos Aires and Mar de Ajo, Argentina throughout March and April.
Production is underway already with Pablo Bossi's Pampa Films. Cusack is producing through his New Crime Productions banner, along with prominent entertainment attorney Kevin Morris and Bossi. Alejandro Agresti (The Lake House) is set to direct based on a script he co-wrote with Cusack, Morris and Paul Hipp, who co-stars.
I am looking forward to seeing the recently wrapped James McTeigue's thriller The Raven, in which Cusack stars as Edgar Allan Poe. Cusack also has Mikael Hafstrom's beautiful looking Shanghai awaiting release from The Weinstein Co.
I enjoy just about all films that Cusack stars...
Production is underway already with Pablo Bossi's Pampa Films. Cusack is producing through his New Crime Productions banner, along with prominent entertainment attorney Kevin Morris and Bossi. Alejandro Agresti (The Lake House) is set to direct based on a script he co-wrote with Cusack, Morris and Paul Hipp, who co-stars.
I am looking forward to seeing the recently wrapped James McTeigue's thriller The Raven, in which Cusack stars as Edgar Allan Poe. Cusack also has Mikael Hafstrom's beautiful looking Shanghai awaiting release from The Weinstein Co.
I enjoy just about all films that Cusack stars...
- 3/8/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
John Cusack is getting a little wacky, starring in the international screwball comedy Dictablanda (meaning ‘Soft Dictator’), which comes with the tagline “People don’t die, they get killed.” Directed by Alejandro Agresti, an Argentinian director who most recently gave us The Lake House, the film starts shooting this month through April in Buenos Aires and Mar de Ajo, Argentina.
The script is written by Cusack, entertainment attorney Kevin Morris (more on that in a minute), Paul Hipp and Agresti as well.
Morris, the lawyer, is also Cusack’s partner in New Crime, the actor’s new production banner. Pablo Bossi is also producing through his Pampa Films. [Variety]
This doesn’t sound too far off from Cusack’s recent passion poly-satire War Inc., which came and went with not so much as a whimper. That said, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Screwball’s been stigmatized these days as archaic,...
The script is written by Cusack, entertainment attorney Kevin Morris (more on that in a minute), Paul Hipp and Agresti as well.
Morris, the lawyer, is also Cusack’s partner in New Crime, the actor’s new production banner. Pablo Bossi is also producing through his Pampa Films. [Variety]
This doesn’t sound too far off from Cusack’s recent passion poly-satire War Inc., which came and went with not so much as a whimper. That said, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Screwball’s been stigmatized these days as archaic,...
- 3/8/2011
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
John Cusack will star in Dictablanda ("Soft Dictator"), a screwball comedy of manners directed by Alejandro Agresti. that finds the actor entangled in international mayhem. Pampa Films has started production on the Dictablanca which Cusack produces via his New Crime Productions alongside Kevin Morris and Pablo Bossi of Pampa Films. Agresti (The Lake House) helms from a script he co-wrote along with Cusack, Morris and Paul Hipp, who's also in a co-starring role in the film. Dictablanca is taglined with "People don't die, they get killed" and is being shot on location in Buenos Aires and Mar de Ajo, Argentina...
- 3/8/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
John Cusack will star in Dictablanda ("Soft Dictator"), a screwball comedy of manners directed by Alejandro Agresti. that finds the actor entangled in international mayhem. Pampa Films has started production on the Dictablanca which Cusack produces via his New Crime Productions alongside Kevin Morris and Pablo Bossi of Pampa Films. Agresti (The Lake House) helms from a script he co-wrote along with Cusack, Morris and Paul Hipp, who's also in a co-starring role in the film. Dictablanca is taglined with "People don't die, they get killed" and is being shot on location in Buenos Aires and Mar de Ajo, Argentina...
- 3/8/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
John Cusack is set to star in the screwball comedy of manners "Dictablanda" ("Soft Dictator") for Pampa Films and New Crime Productions reports Variety.
The title is a piece of political terminology used to describe dictatorships with a high regard for civil liberties.
Alejandro Agresti ("The Lake House") directs from a script he co-wrote with Cusack, Morris and Paul Hipp. Cusack, Pablo Bossi and Kevin Morris are producing.
The film is being shot on location in Buenos Aires and Mar de Ajo, Argentina throughout March and April.
The title is a piece of political terminology used to describe dictatorships with a high regard for civil liberties.
Alejandro Agresti ("The Lake House") directs from a script he co-wrote with Cusack, Morris and Paul Hipp. Cusack, Pablo Bossi and Kevin Morris are producing.
The film is being shot on location in Buenos Aires and Mar de Ajo, Argentina throughout March and April.
- 3/8/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
PARK CITY -- Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky follows up his critically acclaimed debut feature "Nine Queens" with "The Aura", a film in a similar mode but more elliptical. Crime is still the focus. But instead of a con game, we have a heist at the center of this story.
Yet Bielinsky's screenplay is at least as concerned with character nuances and the impact of an isolated rural environment on his people. The film is Argentina's submission for the foreign-language Oscar category.
The major point of similarity with "Nine Queens" is the jigsaw-puzzle nature of the story, where every piece will eventually fit by movie's end. The protagonist is an almost Borges-like character, a man who remembers everything he sees -- numbers on scraps of paper or snatches of a conversation that suddenly make sense. The man ("Nine Queen"'s star Ricardo Darin) has the potential to be a criminal mastermind. In his head, he often plans and executes robberies perfectly. Every contingency is anticipated and analyzed.
But only in his head. For our hero -- the man's name is never spoken -- is a shy, repressed and taxidermist. Simply starting a conversation is a chore. Oh, and one more thing: The man suffers from epilepsy. Just before attacks, he experiences an "aura," a feeling of both helplessness and, strangely, freedom. There is nothing he can do other than submit to the disorientation followed by a momentary blackout.
When a casual acquaintance (Alejandro Awada) invites him on a hunting trip in the Patagonian forest -- it's more a challenge than an invitation -- a series of highly unexpected events thrust the taxidermist into an unusual situation. First a casino in the area is closing that weekend so all the hotels are fully booked. This forces the two men to stay in a rustic cabin in the forest run by an old coot and his young and much too beautiful wife (Dolores Fonzi).
She has a sullen younger brother (Nahuel Perez Biscayart) and we surmise the marriage is an unhappy one. Then the taxidermist's companion is unexpectedly called home. And then two tough-looking characters (Pablo Cedron and Jorge D'Elia) turn up at the forest camp.
Without giving away too many surprises, let's say the astute and most observant man soon realizes that the absent husband, the two toughs and perhaps even the sullen brother are involved in a scheme to commit a major robbery. Without meaning to, the "criminal mastermind" finds himself in the midst of one of his fantasies -- only this one is real and he must outwit everyone including his accomplices.
Like his hero, Bielinsky is a meticulous craftsman. Every moment has a payoff. A car stalls so two characters can have a conversation. Our hero happens by a window at just the right moment. There is even a perfectly reasonable explanation for why cell phones work so well in this remote area.
Bielinsky also is a most expressive director, achieving considerable nuances and depths of emotion with characters' looks, gestures, body language and silences. Darin brings subtle complexity to this very quiet role while Fonzi paints a finely detailed portrait in stoic resignation.
Cinematographer Checo Varese mutes his colors, layering a grayness over both forest and a rude nearby town that ideally suits this environment. The story's rising tensions are further underscored by Lucio Godoy's score of ominous low chords and an occasional melancholy piano. What Bielinsky achieves here is an aura of palpable tension.
THE AURA
Patagonik Film Group/Tornasol Films/Davis Films Prods.
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Fabian Bielinsky
Producers: Pablo Bossi, Samuel Hadida, Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky
Executive producers: Cecilia Bossi, Victor Hadida, Ariel Saul
Director of photography: Checo Varese
Art director: Mercedes Alfonsin
Music: Lucio Godoy
Costumes: Marisa Urruti
Editors: Alejandro Carrillo Penovi, Fernando Pardo
Cast:
Taxidermist: Ricardo Darin
Diana: Delores Fonzi
Sontag: Alejandro Awada
Sosa: Pablo Cedron
Urien: Jorge D'Elia
Julio: Nahuel Perez Biscayart
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 134 minutes...
Yet Bielinsky's screenplay is at least as concerned with character nuances and the impact of an isolated rural environment on his people. The film is Argentina's submission for the foreign-language Oscar category.
The major point of similarity with "Nine Queens" is the jigsaw-puzzle nature of the story, where every piece will eventually fit by movie's end. The protagonist is an almost Borges-like character, a man who remembers everything he sees -- numbers on scraps of paper or snatches of a conversation that suddenly make sense. The man ("Nine Queen"'s star Ricardo Darin) has the potential to be a criminal mastermind. In his head, he often plans and executes robberies perfectly. Every contingency is anticipated and analyzed.
But only in his head. For our hero -- the man's name is never spoken -- is a shy, repressed and taxidermist. Simply starting a conversation is a chore. Oh, and one more thing: The man suffers from epilepsy. Just before attacks, he experiences an "aura," a feeling of both helplessness and, strangely, freedom. There is nothing he can do other than submit to the disorientation followed by a momentary blackout.
When a casual acquaintance (Alejandro Awada) invites him on a hunting trip in the Patagonian forest -- it's more a challenge than an invitation -- a series of highly unexpected events thrust the taxidermist into an unusual situation. First a casino in the area is closing that weekend so all the hotels are fully booked. This forces the two men to stay in a rustic cabin in the forest run by an old coot and his young and much too beautiful wife (Dolores Fonzi).
She has a sullen younger brother (Nahuel Perez Biscayart) and we surmise the marriage is an unhappy one. Then the taxidermist's companion is unexpectedly called home. And then two tough-looking characters (Pablo Cedron and Jorge D'Elia) turn up at the forest camp.
Without giving away too many surprises, let's say the astute and most observant man soon realizes that the absent husband, the two toughs and perhaps even the sullen brother are involved in a scheme to commit a major robbery. Without meaning to, the "criminal mastermind" finds himself in the midst of one of his fantasies -- only this one is real and he must outwit everyone including his accomplices.
Like his hero, Bielinsky is a meticulous craftsman. Every moment has a payoff. A car stalls so two characters can have a conversation. Our hero happens by a window at just the right moment. There is even a perfectly reasonable explanation for why cell phones work so well in this remote area.
Bielinsky also is a most expressive director, achieving considerable nuances and depths of emotion with characters' looks, gestures, body language and silences. Darin brings subtle complexity to this very quiet role while Fonzi paints a finely detailed portrait in stoic resignation.
Cinematographer Checo Varese mutes his colors, layering a grayness over both forest and a rude nearby town that ideally suits this environment. The story's rising tensions are further underscored by Lucio Godoy's score of ominous low chords and an occasional melancholy piano. What Bielinsky achieves here is an aura of palpable tension.
THE AURA
Patagonik Film Group/Tornasol Films/Davis Films Prods.
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Fabian Bielinsky
Producers: Pablo Bossi, Samuel Hadida, Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky
Executive producers: Cecilia Bossi, Victor Hadida, Ariel Saul
Director of photography: Checo Varese
Art director: Mercedes Alfonsin
Music: Lucio Godoy
Costumes: Marisa Urruti
Editors: Alejandro Carrillo Penovi, Fernando Pardo
Cast:
Taxidermist: Ricardo Darin
Diana: Delores Fonzi
Sontag: Alejandro Awada
Sosa: Pablo Cedron
Urien: Jorge D'Elia
Julio: Nahuel Perez Biscayart
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 134 minutes...
- 1/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARK CITY -- Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky follows up his critically acclaimed debut feature "Nine Queens" with "The Aura", a film in a similar mode but more elliptical. Crime is still the focus. But instead of a con game, we have a heist at the center of this story.
Yet Bielinsky's screenplay is at least as concerned with character nuances and the impact of an isolated rural environment on his people. The film is Argentina's submission for the foreign-language Oscar category.
The major point of similarity with "Nine Queens" is the jigsaw-puzzle nature of the story, where every piece will eventually fit by movie's end. The protagonist is an almost Borges-like character, a man who remembers everything he sees -- numbers on scraps of paper or snatches of a conversation that suddenly make sense. The man ("Nine Queen"'s star Ricardo Darin) has the potential to be a criminal mastermind. In his head, he often plans and executes robberies perfectly. Every contingency is anticipated and analyzed.
But only in his head. For our hero -- the man's name is never spoken -- is a shy, repressed and taxidermist. Simply starting a conversation is a chore. Oh, and one more thing: The man suffers from epilepsy. Just before attacks, he experiences an "aura," a feeling of both helplessness and, strangely, freedom. There is nothing he can do other than submit to the disorientation followed by a momentary blackout.
When a casual acquaintance (Alejandro Awada) invites him on a hunting trip in the Patagonian forest -- it's more a challenge than an invitation -- a series of highly unexpected events thrust the taxidermist into an unusual situation. First a casino in the area is closing that weekend so all the hotels are fully booked. This forces the two men to stay in a rustic cabin in the forest run by an old coot and his young and much too beautiful wife (Dolores Fonzi).
She has a sullen younger brother (Nahuel Perez Biscayart) and we surmise the marriage is an unhappy one. Then the taxidermist's companion is unexpectedly called home. And then two tough-looking characters (Pablo Cedron and Jorge D'Elia) turn up at the forest camp.
Without giving away too many surprises, let's say the astute and most observant man soon realizes that the absent husband, the two toughs and perhaps even the sullen brother are involved in a scheme to commit a major robbery. Without meaning to, the "criminal mastermind" finds himself in the midst of one of his fantasies -- only this one is real and he must outwit everyone including his accomplices.
Like his hero, Bielinsky is a meticulous craftsman. Every moment has a payoff. A car stalls so two characters can have a conversation. Our hero happens by a window at just the right moment. There is even a perfectly reasonable explanation for why cell phones work so well in this remote area.
Bielinsky also is a most expressive director, achieving considerable nuances and depths of emotion with characters' looks, gestures, body language and silences. Darin brings subtle complexity to this very quiet role while Fonzi paints a finely detailed portrait in stoic resignation.
Cinematographer Checo Varese mutes his colors, layering a grayness over both forest and a rude nearby town that ideally suits this environment. The story's rising tensions are further underscored by Lucio Godoy's score of ominous low chords and an occasional melancholy piano. What Bielinsky achieves here is an aura of palpable tension.
THE AURA
Patagonik Film Group/Tornasol Films/Davis Films Prods.
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Fabian Bielinsky
Producers: Pablo Bossi, Samuel Hadida, Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky
Executive producers: Cecilia Bossi, Victor Hadida, Ariel Saul
Director of photography: Checo Varese
Art director: Mercedes Alfonsin
Music: Lucio Godoy
Costumes: Marisa Urruti
Editors: Alejandro Carrillo Penovi, Fernando Pardo
Cast:
Taxidermist: Ricardo Darin
Diana: Delores Fonzi
Sontag: Alejandro Awada
Sosa: Pablo Cedron
Urien: Jorge D'Elia
Julio: Nahuel Perez Biscayart
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 134 minutes...
Yet Bielinsky's screenplay is at least as concerned with character nuances and the impact of an isolated rural environment on his people. The film is Argentina's submission for the foreign-language Oscar category.
The major point of similarity with "Nine Queens" is the jigsaw-puzzle nature of the story, where every piece will eventually fit by movie's end. The protagonist is an almost Borges-like character, a man who remembers everything he sees -- numbers on scraps of paper or snatches of a conversation that suddenly make sense. The man ("Nine Queen"'s star Ricardo Darin) has the potential to be a criminal mastermind. In his head, he often plans and executes robberies perfectly. Every contingency is anticipated and analyzed.
But only in his head. For our hero -- the man's name is never spoken -- is a shy, repressed and taxidermist. Simply starting a conversation is a chore. Oh, and one more thing: The man suffers from epilepsy. Just before attacks, he experiences an "aura," a feeling of both helplessness and, strangely, freedom. There is nothing he can do other than submit to the disorientation followed by a momentary blackout.
When a casual acquaintance (Alejandro Awada) invites him on a hunting trip in the Patagonian forest -- it's more a challenge than an invitation -- a series of highly unexpected events thrust the taxidermist into an unusual situation. First a casino in the area is closing that weekend so all the hotels are fully booked. This forces the two men to stay in a rustic cabin in the forest run by an old coot and his young and much too beautiful wife (Dolores Fonzi).
She has a sullen younger brother (Nahuel Perez Biscayart) and we surmise the marriage is an unhappy one. Then the taxidermist's companion is unexpectedly called home. And then two tough-looking characters (Pablo Cedron and Jorge D'Elia) turn up at the forest camp.
Without giving away too many surprises, let's say the astute and most observant man soon realizes that the absent husband, the two toughs and perhaps even the sullen brother are involved in a scheme to commit a major robbery. Without meaning to, the "criminal mastermind" finds himself in the midst of one of his fantasies -- only this one is real and he must outwit everyone including his accomplices.
Like his hero, Bielinsky is a meticulous craftsman. Every moment has a payoff. A car stalls so two characters can have a conversation. Our hero happens by a window at just the right moment. There is even a perfectly reasonable explanation for why cell phones work so well in this remote area.
Bielinsky also is a most expressive director, achieving considerable nuances and depths of emotion with characters' looks, gestures, body language and silences. Darin brings subtle complexity to this very quiet role while Fonzi paints a finely detailed portrait in stoic resignation.
Cinematographer Checo Varese mutes his colors, layering a grayness over both forest and a rude nearby town that ideally suits this environment. The story's rising tensions are further underscored by Lucio Godoy's score of ominous low chords and an occasional melancholy piano. What Bielinsky achieves here is an aura of palpable tension.
THE AURA
Patagonik Film Group/Tornasol Films/Davis Films Prods.
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Fabian Bielinsky
Producers: Pablo Bossi, Samuel Hadida, Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky
Executive producers: Cecilia Bossi, Victor Hadida, Ariel Saul
Director of photography: Checo Varese
Art director: Mercedes Alfonsin
Music: Lucio Godoy
Costumes: Marisa Urruti
Editors: Alejandro Carrillo Penovi, Fernando Pardo
Cast:
Taxidermist: Ricardo Darin
Diana: Delores Fonzi
Sontag: Alejandro Awada
Sosa: Pablo Cedron
Urien: Jorge D'Elia
Julio: Nahuel Perez Biscayart
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 134 minutes...
- 1/22/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARK CITY -- Argentine director Fabian Bielinsky follows up his critically acclaimed debut feature "Nine Queens" with "The Aura", a film in a similar mode but more elliptical. Crime is still the focus. But instead of a con game, we have a heist at the center of this story.
Yet Bielinsky's screenplay is at least as concerned with character nuances and the impact of an isolated rural environment on his people. The film is Argentina's submission for the foreign-language Oscar category.
The major point of similarity with "Nine Queens" is the jigsaw-puzzle nature of the story, where every piece will eventually fit by movie's end. The protagonist is an almost Borges-like character, a man who remembers everything he sees -- numbers on scraps of paper or snatches of a conversation that suddenly make sense. The man ("Nine Queen"'s star Ricardo Darin) has the potential to be a criminal mastermind. In his head, he often plans and executes robberies perfectly. Every contingency is anticipated and analyzed.
But only in his head. For our hero -- the man's name is never spoken -- is a shy, repressed and taxidermist. Simply starting a conversation is a chore. Oh, and one more thing: The man suffers from epilepsy. Just before attacks, he experiences an "aura," a feeling of both helplessness and, strangely, freedom. There is nothing he can do other than submit to the disorientation followed by a momentary blackout.
When a casual acquaintance (Alejandro Awada) invites him on a hunting trip in the Patagonian forest -- it's more a challenge than an invitation -- a series of highly unexpected events thrust the taxidermist into an unusual situation. First a casino in the area is closing that weekend so all the hotels are fully booked. This forces the two men to stay in a rustic cabin in the forest run by an old coot and his young and much too beautiful wife (Dolores Fonzi).
She has a sullen younger brother (Nahuel Perez Biscayart) and we surmise the marriage is an unhappy one. Then the taxidermist's companion is unexpectedly called home. And then two tough-looking characters (Pablo Cedron and Jorge D'Elia) turn up at the forest camp.
Without giving away too many surprises, let's say the astute and most observant man soon realizes that the absent husband, the two toughs and perhaps even the sullen brother are involved in a scheme to commit a major robbery. Without meaning to, the "criminal mastermind" finds himself in the midst of one of his fantasies -- only this one is real and he must outwit everyone including his accomplices.
Like his hero, Bielinsky is a meticulous craftsman. Every moment has a payoff. A car stalls so two characters can have a conversation. Our hero happens by a window at just the right moment. There is even a perfectly reasonable explanation for why cell phones work so well in this remote area.
Bielinsky also is a most expressive director, achieving considerable nuances and depths of emotion with characters' looks, gestures, body language and silences. Darin brings subtle complexity to this very quiet role while Fonzi paints a finely detailed portrait in stoic resignation.
Cinematographer Checo Varese mutes his colors, layering a grayness over both forest and a rude nearby town that ideally suits this environment. The story's rising tensions are further underscored by Lucio Godoy's score of ominous low chords and an occasional melancholy piano. What Bielinsky achieves here is an aura of palpable tension.
THE AURA
Patagonik Film Group/Tornasol Films/Davis Films Prods.
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Fabian Bielinsky
Producers: Pablo Bossi, Samuel Hadida, Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky
Executive producers: Cecilia Bossi, Victor Hadida, Ariel Saul
Director of photography: Checo Varese
Art director: Mercedes Alfonsin
Music: Lucio Godoy
Costumes: Marisa Urruti
Editors: Alejandro Carrillo Penovi, Fernando Pardo
Cast:
Taxidermist: Ricardo Darin
Diana: Delores Fonzi
Sontag: Alejandro Awada
Sosa: Pablo Cedron
Urien: Jorge D'Elia
Julio: Nahuel Perez Biscayart
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 134 minutes...
Yet Bielinsky's screenplay is at least as concerned with character nuances and the impact of an isolated rural environment on his people. The film is Argentina's submission for the foreign-language Oscar category.
The major point of similarity with "Nine Queens" is the jigsaw-puzzle nature of the story, where every piece will eventually fit by movie's end. The protagonist is an almost Borges-like character, a man who remembers everything he sees -- numbers on scraps of paper or snatches of a conversation that suddenly make sense. The man ("Nine Queen"'s star Ricardo Darin) has the potential to be a criminal mastermind. In his head, he often plans and executes robberies perfectly. Every contingency is anticipated and analyzed.
But only in his head. For our hero -- the man's name is never spoken -- is a shy, repressed and taxidermist. Simply starting a conversation is a chore. Oh, and one more thing: The man suffers from epilepsy. Just before attacks, he experiences an "aura," a feeling of both helplessness and, strangely, freedom. There is nothing he can do other than submit to the disorientation followed by a momentary blackout.
When a casual acquaintance (Alejandro Awada) invites him on a hunting trip in the Patagonian forest -- it's more a challenge than an invitation -- a series of highly unexpected events thrust the taxidermist into an unusual situation. First a casino in the area is closing that weekend so all the hotels are fully booked. This forces the two men to stay in a rustic cabin in the forest run by an old coot and his young and much too beautiful wife (Dolores Fonzi).
She has a sullen younger brother (Nahuel Perez Biscayart) and we surmise the marriage is an unhappy one. Then the taxidermist's companion is unexpectedly called home. And then two tough-looking characters (Pablo Cedron and Jorge D'Elia) turn up at the forest camp.
Without giving away too many surprises, let's say the astute and most observant man soon realizes that the absent husband, the two toughs and perhaps even the sullen brother are involved in a scheme to commit a major robbery. Without meaning to, the "criminal mastermind" finds himself in the midst of one of his fantasies -- only this one is real and he must outwit everyone including his accomplices.
Like his hero, Bielinsky is a meticulous craftsman. Every moment has a payoff. A car stalls so two characters can have a conversation. Our hero happens by a window at just the right moment. There is even a perfectly reasonable explanation for why cell phones work so well in this remote area.
Bielinsky also is a most expressive director, achieving considerable nuances and depths of emotion with characters' looks, gestures, body language and silences. Darin brings subtle complexity to this very quiet role while Fonzi paints a finely detailed portrait in stoic resignation.
Cinematographer Checo Varese mutes his colors, layering a grayness over both forest and a rude nearby town that ideally suits this environment. The story's rising tensions are further underscored by Lucio Godoy's score of ominous low chords and an occasional melancholy piano. What Bielinsky achieves here is an aura of palpable tension.
THE AURA
Patagonik Film Group/Tornasol Films/Davis Films Prods.
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Fabian Bielinsky
Producers: Pablo Bossi, Samuel Hadida, Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky
Executive producers: Cecilia Bossi, Victor Hadida, Ariel Saul
Director of photography: Checo Varese
Art director: Mercedes Alfonsin
Music: Lucio Godoy
Costumes: Marisa Urruti
Editors: Alejandro Carrillo Penovi, Fernando Pardo
Cast:
Taxidermist: Ricardo Darin
Diana: Delores Fonzi
Sontag: Alejandro Awada
Sosa: Pablo Cedron
Urien: Jorge D'Elia
Julio: Nahuel Perez Biscayart
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 134 minutes...
- 1/20/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARK CITY -- Two scumbags get in over their heads on Buenos Aires' mean streets in "Palermo Hollywood", a dunderheaded, hyper-charged World Dramatic entrant at the Sundance Film Festival. Foul and furious, "Palermo Hollywood" is thematically and aesthetically a prime contender for Worst of the Fest, if such a dubious honor existed.
In this grubby, hyper-kinetic saga, Mario (Brian Maya) and Pablo (Matias Desiderio) deal dope and bust heads in Palermo, the skuzzy section of Buenos Aires. Both are louts, though Pablo ostensibly is stealing and scamming to help out his girlfriend and kid. Mario's domestic concerns are more focused on hitting on Mario's younger sister. Coked up and nasty, they also are stupid; the duo gets duped into participating in a murder/kidnapping, and the film's most satisfying moments come when they get dragged down.
Moronic mayhem swirled over with dopey sentimentality, Eduardo Pinto's direction is brutish: a loud smear of music-video-type cuts and slambang cinematography. It looks bad and sounds worse. Charitably, one could say the amped-up aesthetics befit the boneheaded characters, reflective of the film's dim-witted, crude sensibility.
PALERMO HOLLYWOOD
Patagonik
Credits:
Producer: Brian Maya
Director: Eduardo Pinto
Screenwriters: Brian Maya, Federico Finkielstain
Associate producers: Pablo Bossi, Omar Jadur
Director of photography: Pablo Schverdfinger
Art director: Graciela Fraguglia
Editor: Sergio Zottola
Music: Ivan Wyszogrod
Cast:
Mario: Brian Maya
Pablo: Matias Desiderio
Julieta: Manuela Pal
Stevie: Edgardo Nieva
Ernesto Segal: Miguel Dedovich
Jimena: Azul Lombardia
Beba: Cristina Banegas: Detective: Martin Adjemian
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 113 minutes...
In this grubby, hyper-kinetic saga, Mario (Brian Maya) and Pablo (Matias Desiderio) deal dope and bust heads in Palermo, the skuzzy section of Buenos Aires. Both are louts, though Pablo ostensibly is stealing and scamming to help out his girlfriend and kid. Mario's domestic concerns are more focused on hitting on Mario's younger sister. Coked up and nasty, they also are stupid; the duo gets duped into participating in a murder/kidnapping, and the film's most satisfying moments come when they get dragged down.
Moronic mayhem swirled over with dopey sentimentality, Eduardo Pinto's direction is brutish: a loud smear of music-video-type cuts and slambang cinematography. It looks bad and sounds worse. Charitably, one could say the amped-up aesthetics befit the boneheaded characters, reflective of the film's dim-witted, crude sensibility.
PALERMO HOLLYWOOD
Patagonik
Credits:
Producer: Brian Maya
Director: Eduardo Pinto
Screenwriters: Brian Maya, Federico Finkielstain
Associate producers: Pablo Bossi, Omar Jadur
Director of photography: Pablo Schverdfinger
Art director: Graciela Fraguglia
Editor: Sergio Zottola
Music: Ivan Wyszogrod
Cast:
Mario: Brian Maya
Pablo: Matias Desiderio
Julieta: Manuela Pal
Stevie: Edgardo Nieva
Ernesto Segal: Miguel Dedovich
Jimena: Azul Lombardia
Beba: Cristina Banegas: Detective: Martin Adjemian
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 113 minutes...
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