El Bonaerense

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El Bonaerense

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Directed by Pablo Trapero
Produced by Pablo Trapero
Written by Nicolas Gueilburt
Ricardo Ragendorfer
Dodi Shoeuer
Pablo Trapero
Daniel Valenzuela
Starring Jorge Román
Mimí Ardú
Darío Levy
Music by Pablo Lescano
Cinematography Guillermo Nieto
Editing by Nicolás Goldbart
Distributed by Pol-Ka
Release date(s) France:
May 21, 2002
Argentina
September 19, 2002
Running time 105 minutes
Country Argentina
Chile
France
Netherlands
Language Spanish
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El Bonaerense is an Argentine, Chilean, French, and Dutch film, released in 2000, and directed and produced by Pablo Trapero.[1]

The screenplay was a joint effort of Nicolas Gueilburt, Ricardo Ragendorfer, Dodi Shoeuer, Pablo Trapero, and actor Daniel Valenzuela.

It stars Jorge Román, Mimí Ardú, and others.

The film was partly funded by INCAA.

The picture deals with the corruption of the federal police in Argentina and the lives of those involved in it.

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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Zapa (Jorge Román) is a locksmith apprentice living the simple life in Corrientes with his family.

After the locksmith Polaco (Hugo Anganuzzi) pulls a job on a safe and uses him as a scapegoat, Zapa is made to pay for the crime by serving in the Argentine federal police, who are notoriously corrupt. This takes him to the barrio La Matanza ("The Slaughter") in Bueno Aires.

Here, Zapa is taken in as the protegé of his superior, Gallo (Darío Levy) and begins to climb the ladder of corruption. At he same time he has an affair with as instructor, Mabel (Mimí Ardú).

His journey through the policial underworld as he frames and bribes ultimately takes him to the edge of innocence, and a final confrontation with El Polaco.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Exhibition

The film was first presented at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2002. It opened in Argentina on September 19, 2002.

The picture was screened at various film festivals, including: the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Czech Republic; the Toronto Film Festival, Canada; the Chicago International Film Festival, USA; the Bergen International Film Festival, Norway; the Stockholm International Film, Sweden; and others.

[edit] Cast

  • Jorge Román as Zapa
  • Mimí Ardú as Mabel
  • Darío Levy as Gallo
  • Víctor Hugo Carrizo as Molinari
  • Hugo Anganuzzi as Polaco
  • Graciana Chironi as Zapa's Mother
  • Luis Viscat as Pellegrino
  • Roberto Posse as Ismael
  • Aníbal Barengo as Caneva
  • Lucas Olivera as Abdala
  • Gastón Polo as Lanza
  • Jorge Luis Giménez as Berti

[edit] Awards

Wins

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ El Bonarense at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] External links

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