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El Bonaerense (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cartagena Film Festival
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

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

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
Argentina ( Latin America, Mexico )
Chile ( Latin America, Mexico )
France ( France, Benelux )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Pablo Trapero

Written By:
Pablo Trapero
Nicolas Gueilburt
Ricardo Ragendorfer

Actors:
Jorge Román ..... Zapa
Mimí Ardú ..... Mabel
Darío Levy ..... Gallo
Víctor Hugo Carrizo ..... Molinari
Hugo Anganuzzi ..... Polaco
Graciana Chironi ..... Zapa's Mother
Luis Viscat ..... Pellegrino
Roberto Posse ..... Ismael
Aníbal Barengo ..... Caneva
Lucas Olivera ..... Abdala
Gastón Polo ..... Lanza
Jorge Luis Giménez ..... Berti
Sergio Acosta ..... Moloquero
Omar Aita ..... Ladron 1
Luis Alonso ..... Yiyo
Adrian Barrios ..... Travesti Commisaria
Diana Benferd ..... Gitano
Daniel Cargieman ..... Vendedora Departemento
Carmen Chironi ..... Agento Pucho Pueblo
Martin Claudel ..... Hombre Commisaria
Miguel Clemente ..... Domenico
Daniel Coria ..... Amiga Pueblo
Patricia Andrea Coronel ..... Travesti 1
Helene De Li Argent ..... Marina
Liliana De Maria ..... Duena de Bar Otelia
Romero De Scappino ..... Amigo1 Pueblo
Adalberto Diez ..... Amigo2 Pueblo
Fernando Focante ..... Betty
Norma Gagliardi ..... Salazar
Facundo Gomez ..... Profesor de Insignias
Jorge Alberto Gómez ..... Agente Féménino 1
Silvia Hilario ..... Travesti 2
Mariso La Rubia ..... Osorio
Gerardo Maffoni ..... Profesor de Dorodio
Horacio Marassi ..... Ladron 2
Horacio Reinoso ..... Mujer Golpeada
Silvia Sacco ..... Hijo de Mabel
Carlos Federico Simon ..... Comisario Pueblo
Pepe Sosa ..... Agente Féménino 2
Julia Torres ..... Gomez
Martín Trapero ..... Sobrino
Guillermo Trod ..... Hermano
Hugo Alberto Trod ..... Hermana
Maria Laura Trod ..... Instructor Policial
Marcela Uzuka

Synopsis:

There are no crusading moralists to clean up the mess in this grim, dispassionate drama of police corruption, set mostly in contemporary Buenos Aires. A powerful sweat-strained swatch of Argentine neo-realism, "El Bonaerense," filmed in harsh high-contrast, follows the initiation of a naive police recruit (Jorge Roman), a former locksmith from a rural shanty town, into a labyrinth of sleaze. The movie is all the more disturbing for refusing to act like an expose. It just throws up its hands and says, this is the way it is.

Zapa is a locksmith in a quiet and little town lost somewhere in the province of Buenos Aires. The work is quite slow, and hours seem to pass slowly. Polaco, the owner of the shop, sends him on a job that consists of opening a safe at an office. The next day, Zapa is imprisoned for being responsible of robbing the place. Ismael, his uncle, a retired policeman, bails him out and sends him to Buenos Aires. Zapa becomes an aspiring officer in the Buenos Aires Police. He gets to his new home city, takes the instructional course, works at a precinct, has a love affair with a teacher and starts to see his life turn into a strange fiction.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 July, 2006.

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