El Amateur

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El Amateur
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Directed by	Juan Bautista Stagnaro
Produced by	Juan Bautista Stagnaro
Written by	Juan Bautista Stagnaro Mauricio Dayub
Starring	Mauricio Dayub Vando Villamil
Music by	Jaime Roos
Cinematography	Víctor González
Editing by	Miguel Pérez
Distributed by	Aleph Producciones S.A.
Release date(s)	April 22, 1999
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish
IMDb profile

El Amateur (English: The Amateur) is an Argentine drama film released in 1999, written and directed by Juan Bautista Stagnaro.^[1]

The film was based on a novel by Mauricio Dayub.

The picture was nominated for five Silver Condor Awards.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Exhibition
4 Footnotes

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

On the outskirts of a provincial town, Pajaro is determined to enter the Guinness Book of Records by breaking the longest bike-ride record.

He rides around the fountain in the square with the help of his friend, Lopecito. He is willing to face many challenges that face him, in attaining this new record.

Will this race open the path to love for him, and for his redemption?

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cast

Mauricio Dayub as Alfonso 'Pájaro' Romero
Pedro Heredia as Ramón
Vando Villamil as Lopecito
Arturo Goetz as Concejal
Cacho Espíndola as Intendente
Alejandra Puy as La Mora
Darío Grandinetti as Funcionario municipal

[edit] Exhibition

The film premiered in April 22, 1999 and was released in Canada at the Montreal Film Festival and in America in Miami at the Hispanic Film Festival.

The film was produced by Aleph Producciones S.A. and distributed by Transeuropa Video Entertainment on VHS.

[edit] Footnotes

^ El Amateur at the Internet Movie Database

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