Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (film)
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| Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes | |
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| Directed by | Israel Adrián Caetano Bruno Stagnaro |
| Produced by | Bruno Stagnaro |
| Written by | Israel Adrián Caetano Bruno Stagnaro |
| Starring | Héctor Anglada Jorge Sesán Pamela Jordán |
| Music by | Leo Sujatovich |
| Cinematography | Marcelo Lavintman |
| Editing by | Andrés Tambornino |
| Distributed by | Palo y a la Bolsa Cine |
| Release date(s) | Argentina: January 15, 1998 United States: December 27, 2005 |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Argentina  |
| Language | Spanish |
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Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (Spanish: Pizza, birra, faso), is an Argentine film released in 1998, co-directed by Israel Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro.
The screenplay is also written by Caetano and Stagnaro.[1] It's also known as: Pizza, Beer, and Smokes.
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes is the film that's known as "the spark that ignited the New Argentine Cinema when it premiered at the international Mar del Plata Film Festival."[2]
The motion picture was filmed entirely in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tagline: Four friends. One city. Only one way out.
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[edit] Plot
This story takes place in an impoverished district outside Buenos Aires. It tells about a corrupt group of teens: the not-so-bright Megabom (Alejandro Pous), the asthmatic Pablo (Jorge Sesan), the nerdy Frula (Walter Diaz), and Sandra (Pamela Jordan), the pregnant girlfriend of El Cordobes (Héctor Anglada).
Sandra, because she's pregnant, starts to think about her future and the life she can make for her expected baby. She tells El Cordobes that if he doesn't go straight, she'll leave him.
But, when the gang robs a legless street vendor, Sandra is arrested. Instead, of straightening up, El Cordobes fins a gun and borrows a 1971 Ford Fairlane in order to rob a restaurant.
His plans go terribly wrong.
[edit] Exhibition
The film first opened in Argentina on January 15, 1998.
The film was shown at various film festivals, including: the Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland; the Toulouse Latin America Film Festival, France; the Montevideo Film Festival, Uruguay; the Gramado Film Festival, Brazil; and the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, Turin, Italy.[3][4]
In the United States it was not released as a feature film, but rather it was released in DVD format on December 27, 2005.
[edit] Cast and ratings
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| Argentina: | 16 |
| Netherlands: | 16 |
| United States: | R |
- Héctor Anglada as El Cordobes
- Jorge Sesan as Pablo
- Pamela Jordan as Sandra
- Alejandro Pous as Megabom
- Walter Diaz as Frula
- Adrian Yospe as Ruben
[edit] Awards
Wins
- Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Film; Best First Film; Best New Actor, Héctor Anglada; Best Original Screenplay, Bruno Stagnaro & Adrián Caetano; 1999.
- Fribourg International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize, Israel Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro, for a first feature by two young directors who dramatise with force and without sentimentality the predicament of the teenage marginals of Argentina; and Grand Prix; 1998.
- Gramado Film Festival: Golden Kikito -- Best Director; Best Film, Best Screenplay; Israel Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro; 1998.
- Toulouse Latin America Film Festival: Israel Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro; 1998.
Nominations
- Torino International Festival of Young Cinema: Prize of the City of Torino Best Film - International Feature Film Competition, Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro; 1998.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Shpuntoff, Richard. Movie Maker Magazine, "Don’t Cry for Argentina," Issue #54, Spring 2004.
- ^ Gutierrez, Maria Alejandra. Goliath, "Bountiful rebound of Argentine cinema," May 1, 2004.
- ^ IMDb, awards section, ibid.
[edit] Exterior links
- Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes at cinenacional.com (Spanish).
