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Nicotina (2003) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Argentina ( Latin America, Mexico )
Mexico ( Latin America, Mexico )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Hugo Rodríguez

Written By:
Martín Salinas

Actors:
Diego Luna ..... Lolo
Marta Belaustegui ..... Andrea
Lucas Crespi ..... Nene
Jesús Ochoa ..... Tomson
Rafael Inclán ..... Goyo
Rosa María Bianchi ..... Carmen
Daniel Giménez Cacho ..... Beto
Carmen Madrid ..... Clara
Norman Sotolongo ..... Svoboda
Eugenio Montessoro ..... Carlos
José María Yazpik ..... Joaquin
Jorge Zárate ..... Sanchez
Enoc Leaño ..... Memo

Synopsis:

Greed transforms into twisted desperation in this highly stylised crime caper set in Mexico city, about a simple exchange that goes awry, causing the lives of nine unsuspecting people to explode in one tumultuous night over a fortune in diamonds. When the haze finally clears, computers have been hacked, people have been whacked and lives have gone up in a cloud of smoke. From the producers of Amores Perros, Rafael Incln stars in this crime comedy about the addictive and intoxicating possibility of an easy life. Nicotina has been awarded six 2004 Mexican Ariel Awards and five MTV Mexico Movie Awards including Best Movie and Best Actor (Diego Luna).

Nicotina, is a crime caper set in Mexico City about a simple exchange that goes awry, causing the lives of nine unsuspecting characters to explode in one tumultuous night over a fortune in diamonds. Diego Luna stars as computer hacker Lolo, who is infatuated with his neighbor Andrea and catalogs her every move via high-tech peeping devices. Lolo teams with amateur criminals Tomson and his younger counterpart Nene in a deal with a Russian mobster that involves the exchange of diamonds for computer access to Swiss bank accounts. But the deal goes terribly wrong after Lolo's attempts to spoil Andrea's romantic trysts spiral out of control. Down the street, the irritable pharmacist Beto and his fed-up wife Clara get inadvertently entangled in the exchange, along with the humble barber Goyo and his domineering other half Carmen. Infected with diamond lust, these characters become obsessed with the intoxicating possibility of an easy life and their greed quickly transforms into fiery desperation. When the haze finally clears, computers have been hacked, people have been whacked and lives have gone up in a cloud of smoke.

A real-time dark comedy about a science geek who tangles with a clutch of Russian gangsters after he delivers them the wrong computer disk.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 07 November, 2013.