Rapado / The Magic Gloves - 2-DVD Set ( Rapado / Les Gants Magiques )

Rapado / The Magic Gloves - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$31.99

Original Title: Rapado / Les Gants Magiques
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
157 min + 223 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1992 - 2003 and produced in:
Argentina ( Latin America, Mexico )
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Martín Rejtman

Written By:
Martín Rejtman

Actors:
Ezequiel Cavia
Damián Dreyzik
Mirta Busnelli
Horacio Peña
Lucas Marty
Cecilia Biagini
José Glusman
Pichón Baldinú
Verónica Llinás
Vicentico ..... Alejandro
Valeria Bertuccelli ..... Valeria
Fabián Arenillas ..... Sergio
Susana Pampin ..... Susana
Cecilia Biagini ..... Cecilia
Diego Olivera ..... Bus driver
Leonardo Azamor
Víctor Hugo Carrizo

Synopsis:

Rapado (1992)
Rejtman's legendary feature debut became an instant cult sensation, immediately recognized as an authentic, iconic harbinger of a new sensibility in Argentine and Latin American filmmaking. Rapado boldly announced Rejtman's signature laconic style with its restrained camera work, zero-degree performance style, crisply distilled dialogue and its careful structure of repetitions that both abstract and intensify the largely nocturnal world tightly contained within it.

The Magic Gloves (2003)
His Renault 12 may be old, crappy, and terribly un-cool, but for 35-year-old car service driver Alejandro it's a haven of peace and his sole object of desire - besides disco dancing, that is. When the good-natured driver runs into fast-talking self-made 'Piraña' one evening, he begins spiraling into an adventure he can't control. Chance encounters and new friendships with a steadily growing number of lucid, pill-popping psychotics present promising business opportunities.

Rapado (1992)
Rejtman's legendary feature debut became an instant cult sensation, immediately recognized as an authentic, iconic harbinger of a new sensibility in Argentine and Latin American filmmaking. Rapado boldly announced Rejtman's signature laconic style with its restrained camera work, zero-degree performance style, crisply distilled dialogue and its careful structure of repetitions that both abstract and intensify the largely nocturnal world tightly contained within it. A close adaptation of the title entry from Rejtman's eponymous collection of short stories, Rapado follows two, or perhaps three, days and late nights in the life of a young man still stuck at home and enervated by the pregnant decisions that seem to weigh down his every action. A droll and melancholy comedy of delayed reaction that captures the loneliness of the corner store and video arcade, _Rapado_'s poignant rendering of directionless youth merits comparison to the late, desolate masterworks of Aki Kaurismaki.

The Magic Gloves (2003)
His Renault 12 may be old, crappy, and terribly un-cool, but for 35-year-old car service driver Alejandro it's a haven of peace and his sole object of desire - besides disco dancing, that is. When the good-natured driver runs into fast-talking self-made 'Piraña' one evening, he begins spiraling into an adventure he can't control. Chance encounters and new friendships with a steadily growing number of lucid, pill-popping psychotics present promising business opportunities. Alejandro suddenly finds himself rich from selling one-size-fits-all 'magic gloves', which also bring porn, dog-walkers, health-spas, and anti-depressants into Alejandro's life. In this absurdist comedy, Rejtman, a master of deadpan humor, once again gives life to endearingly obsessive characters, offers a unique and un-romanticized view of Buenos Aires, and builds a poetic coherence from apparently banal situations.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 02 October, 2011.

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