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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 |
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (Spanish: Pizza, birra, faso), (1998) is an Argentine drama film, co-directed and co-written by Israel Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro. It's also known as: Pizza, Beer & Smokes. The drama features Héctor Anglada, Jorge Sesan, Pamela Jordán, and others.[1]
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.
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This story takes place in an impoverished district outside Buenos Aires. It tells about a corrupt group of teenage misfits: 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). All are squatters living together in the same house. The group wanders the city and steal in order to survive.
Sandra, because she's pregnant, starts to think about her future and the life she can make for her expected baby. She tells Cordobés 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, Cordobés finds a gun and borrows a 1971 Ford Fairlane in order to rob a restaurant. His plans go terribly wrong.
The producers used the following tagline to promote the film:
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.
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