Un Crisantemo Estalla en Cinco Esquinas

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Un crisantemo estalla en cinco esquinas

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Directed by Daniel Burman
Produced by Diego Dubcovsky
Written by Daniel Burman
Starring José Luis Alfonzo
Pastora Vega
Martin Kalwill
Music by Antonio Tarrago Ros
Cinematography Esteban Sapir
Editing by Verónica Chen
Distributed by BD Cine
Release date(s) Germany:
February 11, 1998
Argentina:
May 7, 1998
Running time 83 minutes
Country Argentina
Brazil
France
Spain
Language Spanish
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Un crisantemo estalla en cinco esquinas (English: A Crysanthemum Bursts in Cincoesquinas) (1998) is an Argentine, Brazilian, French, and Spanish, film, written and directed by Daniel Burman, his first feature film. The picture was produced by Diego Dubcovsky. It features José Luis Alfonzo, Pastora Vega, Martin Kalwill, among others.[1]

Film critic Anthony Kaufman, writing for indieWIRE, an online community of independent filmmakers and aficionados, said Burman's A Chrysanthemum Burst in Cincoesquinas (1998) has been cited as the beginning of the "New Argentine Cinema" wave.[2]

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[edit] Plot

The story takes place in South America at the turn of the 20th Century.

As a child, Erasmo (José Luis Alfonzo) was left with a nurse by his parents, who had to escape a waging civil war. Erasmo is now a grown man. He has lost his parents, and now his foster mother is brutally murdered. He seeks to avenge her death, and the culprit is the landowner and head of state, El Zancudo (Walter Reyno).

Erasmo befriends a poor Jew named Saul (Martin Kalwill), who is prepared to help him in his undertaking. Along the way, Erasmo finds allies, adversaries, love, and then Magdalena (Valentina Bassi).

[edit] Cast

  • José Luis Alfonzo as Erasmo
  • Pastora Vega as La Gallega
  • Martin Kalwill as Saul
  • Valentina Bassi as Magdalena
  • Millie Stegmann as La Boletera
  • Walter Reyno as El Zancudo
  • Rolly Serrano as Cachao
  • Ricardo Merkin as Doctor
  • Aldo Romero as Lucio
  • María Luisa Argüello as Elsa
  • Sandra Ceballos as Mother
  • Guadalupe Farías Gómez as Albina
  • Antonio Tarrago Ros as Chamamecero

[edit] Distribution

The film was first presented at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 11, 1998. It opened in Argentina on May 7, 1998.

It screened at the Muestra de Cine Argentino en Medellín, Colombia.

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Wins

[edit] References

  1. ^ Un Crisantemo Estalla en Cinco Esquinas at the Internet Movie Database.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Anthony. indieWIRE, "Argentina's Next Wave Struggle Sustains Momentum Amid Economic Collapse," March 20, 2002.

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