Animalada

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Animalada
Directed by	Sergio Bizzio
Written by	Sergio Bizzio
Starring	Carlos Roffé Christina Banegas
Release date(s)	2001
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish
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Animalada (English language:Animals) is a 2001 Argentine black comedy film directed and written by Sergio Bizzio. The film starring Carlos Roffé and Christina Banegas was nominated for best film in 2001.

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[edit] Overview

In this surreal black comedy a wealthy man falls madly in love with a sheep. Combining humour with macabre scenes the film whilst taking a good poke at the useless upper classes, the prize-winning screenplay loses some of its irony through the acting.

The dark humour of the film

[edit] Synopsis

After 29 years of marriage, Alberto (Carlos Roffe) and his socialite frau, Natalie (Cristina Banegas), have little to say to each other. While on summer vacation at their ranch, Alberto suddenly notices a fluffy white sheep and has his overseer, Miranda (Pepe Monje), put it in the barn. That night, overcome with lust, he gives in to an urgent desire to visit "Fanny." Natalie begins to notice a funny smell on Alberto's clothes and accidentally witnesses his showdown with the overseer, who has also noticed the sheep's attractiveness.

But unlike the lustful Miranda, Alberto is deeply in love with Fanny. In a delicate scene full of ambiguous nuances, he tries to teach her to pronounce his name, recognizing what he wants to hear in her inarticulate bleating. He becomes mortally jealous of a black ram and finally stages a marriage ceremony on the lawn to cement his love. Alberto ruthlessly eliminates all those who refuse to understand his feelings, and story slips into blood-soaked horror mode.